I’ve never been much of a morning person. I’m the ‘lounge in bed for 30 minutes before getting up’ kind of person. I despise alarms. And I feel like many of you agree with me. The irony that my kids are all super early morning people is not lost on me. For years we were […]
5 Santa Shape Activities for Preschoolers
What shape theme is more fun than Santa? He’s a big jolly fellow, even when his face is shaped like a trapezoid. My kids have always welcomed any activity that involves playdough. And generally, any hands-on activity. I’m all about bringing fun into learning. I know when I saw these shape Santa’s that they needed […]
Zoey and Sassafras – Kid Made Ornament
Two of my boys, Royal and Logi-Bear, are huge fans of Zoey and Sassafras. They eat up every new book and love anything to do with either Zoey or Sassafras (but particularly Sassafras, because cats). We’ve been trying to transform our tree into a memorial of all the books we’ve read. This was the […]
8 Ways to Make History Exciting Again
I don’t think teaching history to young kids is necessary nor do I think it should take precedence over other subjects. In fact, I did an entire post on why history isn’t important. But I do think we should take time where we can to get kids interested in history. Interest in history is […]
5 Reasons That History Doesn’t Really Matter
I was the kid in history class saying ‘why do we need to know this stuff anyway?’. And I was that kid throughout high school. Even in college, I remember thinking ‘This is sort of interesting but it’s not useful’. No one had ever told me that history was interesting. Or that history was […]
Early Humans Unit Study for Secular History
When you hear ‘early humans’ what do you picture? Cavemen? Uncivilized people? Or do you picture our ancestors who figured out how to tame fire, traveled across the world, made stone tools, created art, and so much more? The goal of this unit study is to help our kids see the latter. Early humans weren’t […]
Roll a Silly Mythical Creature Sentence
Mythology is all the rage right now. Well, at least at my house. My kids are really into mythical creatures – the more deadly the better. Although, they rather enjoy the cute illustrations over the gruesome ones. We’ve been loving the book Miss Turie’s Magic Creatures. I thought it was the perfect theme for a […]
The Truth About Twaddle and How to Get Your Kids Reading
If you consider yourself a Charlotte Mason homeschooler, you’re probably well acquainted with the concept of twaddle. Even if you aren’t, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of it. If not, twaddle is a book or other literature that doesn’t mean certain standards of quality. Specifically, it’s ‘dumbed down’ books that are simpler than necessary, lack […]
Harry Potter Transfiguration Class with Coloring Changing Mugs
No Harry Potter class would be complete without transfiguration, right? Let’s not kid ourselves though. It’s hard for muggles to really learn transfiguration. No matter how many times I try to turn beetles into buttons, I still have just beetles. It’s not like potions where you can make a love potion for everyone! Or […]
Learn All About Cells with Slime
My kids weren’t really interested in learning about cells until I said slime. Okay, it was a fairly cheap trick since I knew they loved slime. But I also knew that slime would be the perfect way to learn about cells. I can’t say I’ve ever touched cytoplasm but it sounds very slime-like to me. […]