Today we decided to go on an adventure through time at the Missouri History Museum. Even though I've lived close to St. Louis for the majority of my life, I had somehow never gotten around to checking this museum out until now. I know, worst "St. Louisan" ever! (Unfortunately my photos from this trip are terrible quality. That's what I get for bringing my cell phone ... Read More
Free: Types of Sentences Printable
This year we are using Essentials in Writing for the first time as our grammar/writing curriculum. We love this curriculum, but sometimes my girls need a little extra practice on some of the lessons. Free Types of Sentences Printable One of the topics my girls needed to spend a little more time on was sentence types. They had a hard time remember what declarative, ... Read More
How to Teach Art to Children by Evan-Moor Book Review & Giveaway!
For those who don't already know, I am a former art student. Well, photography student really if we're going to be specific, but I still had to take a whole slew of art classes in college. You would think that teaching art would be a cake walk for me, but nope! For some reason, teaching art seemed to be my weakest link (besides music, but that's a whole other story). Then, I ... Read More
My Morning Routine and Daily Schedule
The other day I talked about my bedtime routine and how it has helped me stay more sane and productive during our school day (or even non-school days honestly). Today I wanted to share all about my morning routine and daily schedule so you can see how we make things work around here. ... Read More
Friday Funday – Week 3 in our Homeschool!
It's Friday Funday y'all! This is actually the second week we've done this, but only the first time I'm blogging about it. I may try to make this the new Friday norm around here (that is, if my sanity holds up. Ha!) What is Friday Funday? Basically we put the workbooks away and pull out the fun stuff to celebrate the end of a hard working week! Here's what we did today for ... Read More
Dear Public School Teachers: An Open Letter From a Homeschooling Mom
Dear Public School Teachers, As a homeschooling mom, I find myself often frowning down upon the public school system and everything that comes with it. I'm also pretty vocal about it at times and I'm sure I've offended at least one of you at one point or another. It's not intentional, it's just that sometimes when your really passionate about something, you tend to forget that ... Read More
Don’t Let Your Issues With the Outside World Ruin your Kid’s Day!
Yesterday when I woke up I was feeling so motivated and ready to go. My kids were behaving so well and had already started on some of the easier parts of their lessons for the day. I sat down with my coffee as I do every morning and logged into my email and social media accounts. They day continued to go great until I entered into a conversation with someone. Things were said ... Read More
My Homeschool Curriculum Choices (2015-2016)
This past year was the first year I really dove into learning about all of the homeschool curriculum that are out there. By "all", I think I may mean that literally! I'm pretty sure I spent the majority of my days this year from February until August researching almost every single curriculum I could find. My Homeschool Curriculum Choices (2015-2016) I used to try to ... Read More