My Pocket Homeschool Resource: Harbor + Sprout
You may have seen a very popular Instagram photo last year of my kids’ geography project from one of the Harbor + Sprout collections. It’s
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Tips for Grading Saxon Math
So, I’m grading Saxon Math 6/5 with my oldest daughter the other day – we needed to catch up on grading a bit, so we
How to Simplify Classical Conversations Foundations at Home – The Morning Meeting
Disclaimer: The following post is the result of 6 full years of Foundations in Classical Conversations. Why would I need to begin an article about
The Bridge Cycle Two – Schedule
It is finally completed! Whew! It took much of the summer to pull all of the Bridge together, but it is DONE! If you have
The Bridge Cycle Two – Science
At the outset of this grand Bridge idea I had, I thought science would be the hardest piece to figure out. And I was right.
The Bridge Cycle Two Literature
Writing out the title to this post suddenly had me thinking of some stuffy professor pronouncing it, “lit-ra-ture.” Don’t worry, you won’t find a whole
The Bridge Cycle Two: History
The hardest task in creating the Bridge between the Classical model – in the form of Classical Conversations, and Charlotte Mason – in the form
The Bridge: Joyfully Blending Classical Conversations & Charlotte Mason for Upper Elementary Families
The following post was originally published in May 2021. I have updated it in May 2022 to reflect the upcoming school year. I am part
Non-Scale Victory – How to Silence the Scale and Turn the Volume Up on Success
Picture it: the local community pool in the summer. Kids splashing, adults lounging, sun shining. Life is GOOD on pool days. Well, not for everyone.
Before and After 75 [My] Hard – A Beginner’s Fitness Journey After 4 Kids
Don’t you just love a before and after picture? Instagram knows I love before and afters. When I scroll through my feed there’s always a
What Second Grade Looks Like in our Homeschool…Really
We just moved our second second-grader up to third grade. Since the experience of second grade is so fresh in my memory, I thought I
How to Facilitate Conversation in the Upper Elementary Homeschool – 3 Key Steps
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” Henry David Thoreau This