My kiddos and I spent the month of October immersed in an outdoor math block. This was the first time I planned a block that really had both my ten-year-old and six-year-old in mind, rather than planning separately for each of them. In fact, I would say the block was more geared toward my six-year-old …
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November in our homeschool
November was a good reminder of the gifts of homeschool, though it really didn’t feel like it at the time. We were hit with illness after illness in November and struggled to maintain our usual rhythm. I had to remind myself that it was a gift that we were home. Because we are home we …
Our favorite gear for forest school
My oldest child will be starting her fourth year attending a one-day-a-week forest school this week and (very exciting!) this is the first year our middle child will be attending as well. I cannot overstate the massive contribution the forest school experience has made to our homeschool and to the development of my oldest child. …