(Please note that I have linked to book lists on the AO website to respect their licensing terms. Books that use affiliate links here are not listed on the AO website.) Things have been quiet around here lately for good reason – among other things, school planning has been taking over my life. We start B’s second grade year in less than two…
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Morning Time (MT), Morning Basket, whatever you want to call it, is not something that I really thought all that much about when I was planning my son’s Kindergarten year in 2016. I had heard it mentioned on The Mason Jar and seen sites like Pam Barnhill, but I didn’t really think I needed it since I didn’t have multiple…
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Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven with repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull To keep the shady parlour cool, Yet he will find a chink or two To slip his golden fingers through. The dusty attic spider-clad He,…
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I had a few requests and recommendations last year from various people for custom homeschool planner covers based on the prints I sell. I didn’t get around to doing it last year other than a few for friends, but this year I decided to expand a little and I’m happy to announce that I’m now offering them in the shop!…
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To read more about Charlotte Mason picture study and to see the other aids I have available, click here. The Charlotte Mason John Constable Picture Study Aid is done! It follows the Ambleside Online picture study schedule, though I will most like add at least one more piece in the future. I’ve mentioned this before, but one of the reasons I…
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(Read our Year 1 Plans here, Term 1 Recap here, and Term 2 Recap here. Please note that I have linked to book lists on the AO website to respect their licensing terms and the hard work they’ve put into such an amazing curriculum. Books that use affiliate links here are not listed on the AO website.) As of June…
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This past school year as we were making our way through RightStart Level B, the concept of the calendar was introduced to B. Of course he knew what a calendar was before then, but this was more thorough instruction as he memorized the months of the year, how many days were in each, and learned how to find and read…
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Despite the fact that we sometimes get snow up until June, the summer season is finally here and I am so glad for it. While I love the beauty of winter and the clean and new feeling of spring, I also love the changing of the seasons and I’m already starting to make plans for our three warmest months. I…
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As we’re coming up on the anniversary of B’s first Junior Ranger badge, I thought it might be fitting to do a little recap of the place where it all started for us: Bent’s Old Fort. This tiny national historic site is located next to the Arkansas River on the eastern plains of Colorado near the town of La Junta….
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Recently, someone on my Facebook page requested that I take the same weekly schedule format I offer in the kindergarten curriculum and use that to offer an ebook for our Year 1 schedule as well. I’m so glad people are finding it useful! However, because we’re using Ambleside Online’s Year 1 book list and schedule with very few modifications, as well…
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To read more about Charlotte Mason picture study and to see the other aids I have available, click here. Antoine Watteau was only 36 years old when he died in the early part of the 18th century, yet in the short amount of time he was alive, he became a master of one of the most popular art movements in history;…
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