Curriculum

Book Tour & Review: Tot Fun Puzzles and Mazes

MY REVIEW: This book was SO much fun! My kids enjoyed the range of challenges that each puzzle and maze provided them. Having kids between the ages of 5 and 11, made it interesting to see how each of them navigated the pages and sometimes the tasks were a little tricky for our 5 year…

Top 5: Reasons We Keep Our Homeschool Relaxed

The Homeschool Journey I’ll always remember the anxiety the first year we started homeschooling. We had been talking about it for a long time, but the time had finally arrived and we felt overwhelmed. We started out with a pretty simple plan and the next few years were really an opportunity to observe and absorb…

Working Full Time and Homeschooling – Balancing It All

I felt my heart surge with excitement a year ago when I took a huge leap for myself and my family. We made a decision that it was time for me to start working from home full-time. It’s something I’ve always wanted and after nearly two years of working from home (during COVID), we realized…

Creating a Morning Routine

We’re currently on the third year of homeschooling our three children and also on the second full year of all of us being home together all the time. It is important to provide some background on this as it influences what I am going to explain to you. For the previous 15 years I was…

Choosing a Homeschool Curriculum

Whether you’ve been homeschooling for many years or are just now thinking about it, choosing a curriculum is something that seems to be a shifting target. When we first started homeschooling in 2019, we searched Amazon and found a core curriculum that really suited our family. It allowed us to focus on the main subjects…

Top 5 Reasons to Homeschool

This will be our third full year homeschooling our kids and I can tell you right now that it has gotten easier each year. We learn from our experiences, implement new processes and ideas, and ultimately move forward with new things that work for us. But it wasn’t easy when we first started. I will…

Top 5 Usborne Books In Our Homeschool

This summer so far has been a time for me to really sit down and focus on what is most important for me and my family. I’ve made a lot of changes around my routine and ultimately the flow of our days and our house. I work full time at home, homeschool our children and…

The Basics of Homeschool on a Budget

When you were little, did you enjoy school? All three of our kids are homeschool and we’re on our THIRD year of it and loving it! They get so much more flexibility to learn what they want to, along with the basics of course, but also get the time they need to focus on areas…