Create your own Happy Jar
Happy New Year! I hope your 2018 got off to a great start? We saw the New Year in with friends by the sea, it was the best New Year’s...
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This Homeschooling Life – a look back at November
Ah, November. I’ve been sat here trying to think of something to write for the past ten minutes. It’s been one of those months when I don’t feel like we’ve...
Using Your Computer to Help with Home Schooling
There are many reasons that parents choose to homeschool their children, and it can lead to a much more diverse education than you can experience in a school environment. Technology...
Homeschool | October in review
October felt like a good month. We’ve found our groove at last after the summer, happily falling back into new {old} rhythms. I try to find balance over the course...
Why you should encourage your kids to bake
My kids love to bake, all of them, though the littler three especially. Ever since they were big enough to sit up on the side, I’ve had them in the...
Homeschooling | Our year plans 2017-2018
This post has been sat waiting for me to write for the past four weeks. I actually made our plans for this coming ‘school’ year right back at the beginning...
Keeping kids occupied in the holidays
We’re really enjoying the slower pace of life that summer has brought us, while the girls still have gymnastics running all summer, most other groups have finished, and with Lola...
Summer Days, a manifesto and journals
August! As a child, I remember waiting for August to arrive with baited breath. August meant a whole month off school. A month of lazy days, filled with sun and...
Top ten essentails for camping at a festival
After our first family camping trip of the year a few weeks ago, we’re all eager to go again. I just wish I could drive so we could go more...
5 Ways To Build Tradition With Your Family
Family traditions should be built with one objective in mind—to help the family members enjoy together and get closer to one another. And, we believe that a family that eats...
This Homeschooling Life #23
Another month and I’m here again wondering what to write. June was uneventful in terms of homeschooling. The basics happened – Life of Fred, reading, daily journaling, a few science...
This Homeschooling Life #22 – May in reflection
It doesn’t feel like we did very much last month – I think it was a quieter, more home-based month but our days were still jam-packed and we most likely did a...
5 benefits of family bike rides
I’ve been thinking lately about getting myself a bike. It’s been years since I rode a bike {apart from testing out the girl’s bikes in the park sometimes!}. As a...
Camping with kids + win an Olympus PEN
I’m so glad the summer is just around the corner! I’ve just bought a new tent for the kiddos and I, and we’re hoping to fit in a few camping...
And that was April – This Homeschooling Life #21
April seems to have flown by {I’m sure I say that every month}, but with two weeks of the month taken up with the Easter Holidays I felt a bit...