I volunteered to plan our church’s fall festival this year. Therefore, I have been putting together a good bit of printables from flyers to game decorations for the event and would like to share the editable Canva versions with you! You will have to click on the links below for each project which will take…
Homeschooling and tight budgets just go together. So, it’s no surprise there are lots of absolutely free homeschool curriculums out there! But you might be asking yourself, “Can a free curriculum be any good?” Well, yes, and no. Let’s look deeper into the pros and cons of free homeschool curriculums. Cons of Free Homeschool Curriculums…
A daily homeschool schedule is life changing! We are only in our 2nd year of homeschooling, and while I feel like our first year was a success, it was anything but organized. The main problem for me was housework during the times I should have been schooling. It’s hard letting go (even temporarily) of the…
Dear Homeschool Mama, If you are struggling to keep up with a pre-planned curriculum, you may want to consider “reverse planning.” Reverse planning is simply writing down what your children did accomplish that day instead of trying to finish what is already written in the planner. Life happens, and we don’t always accomplish what we…
This year I “broke” the news that Santa Claus is make-believe and not magical to my 5 and 7 year old children. Every year, the lie and the attention it takes away from Jesus gnawed at my conscious until I could take it no more. One night, spontaneously, while we were playing Legos, I just…
I will share in this post how I simplified our mornings and how we get ready for school at home with just one lovely sheet of paper! My kids are 2, 5, and 7 years old. I have created a list of chores and responsibilities in picture format and hung it low on the side…
I am currently reading a simplified version of Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” retold by Oliver Ho to my 2- and 7-year-old boys. My 5-year-old daughter is not interested in Buck and prefers to pick out a short story for her dada to read while I read the chapter book to the boys.…
It is completely possible to grocery shop without calling on your go-to babysitter! You can even go to Wal-mart and not buy a single toy, candy, or junk food with your children! I will give you my backstory and how I figured out how to make grocery shopping with little children work for my family.…
If there is one piece of advice I can give to anyone raising children it is that “less is more“. It seems so basic, but in a culture where “more” is so easily attained, “less” often times gets forgotten leaving us all stressed and unappreciative! Over-Scheduled My children are 2, 5, and 7 now. So…
As an Amazon Associate if you purchase through any affiliate links found on this website, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. These sets of Scholastic books (4 sets total from Level A to D) are the perfect beginner readers for bilingual or even monolingual children. “Hold on a minute!” you…
We are a 2nd-year homeschooling family. Dad manages a farm supply. Mama runs the home. Kids ages 3, 6, and 8. New (and last) baby due February! Homeschooling has been life changing for our family!