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Planning for seventh grade

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 by annieandfam

I’m back with another planning post – this time for my 13-year-old, who will be doing 7th grade. We are planning an eclectic year with a really wide mix of resources and experiences, many of which my 13-year-old picked out or at least signed off on. This is the joy of homeschooling an older child …

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Planning for third/fourth grade

August 24, 2022 by annieandfam

Hello! It’s been a long time since I’ve written here and a long time since I’ve shared much about our homeschool in general in a long time. Last year was a challenging one – my husband started an executive MBA, our kids returned to extracurriculars while we navigated Covid-era challenges and for me the cumulative …

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October in our homeschool – 2021

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 by annieandfam

This fall has been a busy one, and I’m just now getting a moment in mid-November to reflect back on October in our homeschool. September was a wild adjustment to our family’s return to in-person activities and it took some trial and error to find the right combination of activities to meet everyone’s needs (as …

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September in our homeschool -2021

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by annieandfam

September! Woof. This September was the Septemberiest September I’ve ever experienced. Not only was there the normal adjustment to having regular commitments again after a slow, laid-back summer, but we adjusted to getting places at a set time again after 18 months of having pretty much none of that in our life.  Our family dived …

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Some back to school thoughts

September 2, 2021September 3, 2021 by annieandfam

Our family has had a wonderful summer filled with some local travel, lots of outdoor exploration, family movie nights, time catching up with friends, late bedtimes and late sleep-ins. Now that Labor Day is upon us and the air is cooling off in the evenings, we’re coming to terms with the fact that it’s time …

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Second grade the second time around

August 10, 2021September 2, 2021 by annieandfam

Hi there! I’m here to chat a bit about plans for my second grader for this upcoming school year. This will be my second time teaching second grade. My son is 8 and he has a June birthday, so we actually did a bit of second grade work at the end of last year, because …

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Planning for an eclectic sixth grade

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 by annieandfam

Hello! It’s been a weird summer here – how are you? This summer we have been prioritizing socializing and mental health, and as a result, not a lot of homeschool planning has been happening over here. I feel like I’ve done zero homeschool planning, but the reality is that I have picked and purchased most …

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May in our homeschool – 2021

June 22, 2021June 23, 2021 by annieandfam

This post contains affiliate links. We have been done with our school year for several weeks now but I wanted to make sure that before I fully move on to planning next school year, I took a moment to write about May. In May I attempted to combine my kids for a joint block for …

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Favorite resources for ancient Greece

May 8, 2021May 12, 2021 by annieandfam

We enjoyed studying Ancient Greece so much and I thought it would be helpful to have a compilation of all of the wonderful books we used during this block. I covered Ancient Greek in a six-week block, with three weeks focused exclusively on Greek myths and the next three weeks focused on history. There are …

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April in our homeschool – 2021

May 4, 2021May 8, 2021 by annieandfam

This year our April was spent focused on Greek history (fifth grade!) and animal legends (second grade!) along with re-joining society as our kids picked up extra curricular activities, my husband and I recieved our first vaccine shots and we ventured to our favorite farm stay and the coast for a weekend adventures. Last month’s …

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Reminder that I’ll be knitting for 12 hours tomorrow to raise funds for World Central Kitchen, Feeding America, Meals on Wheels and No Kid Hungry. Knitters have already raised $275,000 for these amazing organizations and donations will be accepted through tomorrow (3/26) at 7 pm PST. Thanks to those who have already donated and thanks to anyone who can contribute now!
Because a sunny spring day at the Oregon coast must be documented. 🌊
Starting a Harry Potter fractions block with this cutie! 🪄
Getting away for five days by myself has opened up a new way of seeing things and imagining what’s possible. Today this guy and I wanted to go for a hike but nobody else did. So I left the girls to do their school work, which they managed beautifully while I was away, and he and I snuck away to look for deer prints in the mud. It’s super hard to get one-on-one time in our current season of life but this felt really good.
My 9-year-old recently wrapped up a block on Chinese shelters. I just love this block and its mix of fairy tales, geography, history and hands-on projects. He got to dabble in Chinese calligraphy, made a Mongolian yurt with wool felt and a traditional Haaka dwelling from Southern China with clay. Now he and I are working on wrapping up Hebrew stories with the hope of switching to fourth grade work in mid-March. 🥰
The colors & textures of Joshua Tree. 🫶🏻
I planned a February trip to Joshua Tree National Park envisioning winter sunshine but instead I’ve been in a desert snow globe the whole trip. It’s not what I was planning on; it was way better. It’s my understanding that snow in Joshua Tree is extremely rare and to have experienced it for the past few days has been really special. ❄️
Magical day at Ke’e beach in Kauai with my people. 🌴
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