Last year I had the joy of adding hyperthyroidism/graves disease to my short list of chronic illnesses. I knew it was coming – I’ve had a questionable thyroid since I was 12 – but it was still a bit of a shock. And I totally denied the idea that it was a chronic illness. How…
How do you involve teaching kindness with your everyday homeschool schedule? It isn’t always easy to model kindness but these elves make it more simple. Last year I chose a word of the year to focus on for myself. I wanted a word I could refer back to anytime I felt like I was losing…
Come check out our homeschool room on a budget and perhaps get some inspiration for your own room! Homeschool rooms don’t have to be expensive!Last year I posted about homeschooling in a small space. But earlier this year we moved and we incredibly lucky in the new rental we found. It has this amazing upstairs…
Until this point we’ve taken a very laid back and relaxed position with homeschooling. But for Baloo (11) we are ramping it up a bit this year. I want Baloo to be prepared for independent learning and make sure he has a good base for future studies. We are still doing the basics and then…
You guys. I do not have a 3rd grader. This is not possible! I knew Baloo was getting older. He’s just going to move out one of these days. And I knew Logi-Bear wasn’t a baby anymore. But when did my little Royal grow up?? How can he be a THIRD grader? He is turning…
It’s that time of year – back to school! I don’t tend to do a big back to school shindig. We, more or less, school year round and dump things that aren’t working as we go. We have two main focuses this year: Kindness and Experiences. Kindness because we’ve developed a sarcastic tendency and I…
We are homeschool schedule drop outs. I’ve tried so many methods of scheduling our day: planners, regular daily schedules, intentional spontaneity. It’s not working. We are just wasting time because we aren’t organized enough. Or we are missing important parts of our schedule. I recently discovered Homeschool Planet and I was intrigued. It is a…
Keep your younger kids occupied this school year using busy bags! Educational, entertaining, simple, and easy. And of course, quiet. Homeschooling kindergarten was possibly one of my most favorite things to do. There is something so sweet and innocent about that age… But when you have more than one child and you have…
I’d like you to close your eyes for a minute and picture a self care act. Seriously, do it. I bet you pictured a long bubble bath with a vase of flowers on the side of the tub, classical music playing in the background, and no kids in sight. I’d also bet that you haven’t…
I love printables (in case you guys haven’t noticed…) but my goodness, printing stuff is expensive. And as much as I love saving money, I like to print in color. But I’ve been working on ways to reduce my printing costs too, because I’m not made of gold! Wait until you need it. For awhile…
We have a simple rule in our house: For every planned day out, we have one day in. It’s not a hard and fast rule, but it is a fairly important one. For me. I’m an introvert, through and through. I’m not anti-social, nor do I hate being around people. In fact, I quite enjoy…
If you’ve ever met someone who is wildly successful, you’ve met someone who knows how to set goals. Setting goals is an art form. To some, it comes naturally, to others it is learned. Luckily, anyone can learn how to set goals that will lead them to success. We’ve already covered setting S.M.A.R.T. goals for…