Some links included are affiliate links. Thank you for using them to help support my blog! I am BIG on traditions in our family. For example, every Christmas morning we have bacon and monkey bread. That's it. No eggs, no fruit. Just that bacon and monkey bread. It is something we look forward to every single year. We also have a birthday tradition of mom and dad taking a photo with … [Read more...]
Homeschooling with Multiple Kids, Ages, and Grades
Yes. I promise. This is possible! The secret?! There are a few things that can help... Family Style Lessons Incorporate family style lessons that include everyone. Morning time helps with this so much! I knock out a ton of information and instruction with the attention of all three kids simply while reading books. If we're studying the parts of a plant in a botany lesson, I read the … [Read more...]
Morning Time
I've mentioned many times in the past few weeks that my favorite part of our homeschool days are "morning time". Some homeschoolers refer to this as "morning basket". Essentially I'm doing the same thing they're speaking about, but since my books aren't housed in an actual basket, I call it morning time. Our morning time can take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. If we're on a … [Read more...]
Lesson Planning
Some links included may be affiliate links. If you choose to purchase by clicking through, thank you so much for supporting my blog. There are literally a ton of different ways to lesson plan for homeschool. You can use a basic planner, a teacher planner, a printable planner, a digital planner, a spiral notebook, a post-it note per kid/per day, a dry erase board...the sky's the limit. For … [Read more...]
Favorite Read Alouds
Some links are affiliate links and by using them to purchase, I will receive a small compensation. Thank you for supporting my blog! Once I discovered Sarah MacKenzie of The Read Aloud Revival, I was absolutely hooked with the notion of reading aloud to my kids every single day. It has become one of my most favorite things to do. Sitting around eating a snack? Let's read aloud. … [Read more...]