Arts and Nature

December in Our Homeschool

Most years, each December we have a special month in our homeschool. I let a few things drop off my homeschool mental to-do list (such as...

Tips for Planting the Summer Vegetable Garden

Here in southern New Mexico, we pass our last frost date near the beginning of May, so it is time to prepare and plant the summer garden....

Self-Directed High School Homeschooling - Scholar Phase in Our Home

Over the last year, our homeschool rhythm has been shaken up as my 14yo daughter Alina has entered self-directed Scholar Phase. For...

School Closures? 40 Life Schooling Activities!

With school closures, canceled activities, and social distancing, let's choose to focus on the positive: the silver lining is that this...

Spring in Our Homeschool, and 7 Simple Springtime Exploration Ideas

We haven't been doing much with our curriculum resources lately. Instead, with the weather warming up, our homeschooling has focused more...

Nature Study in Our Homeschool

While I did include some aspects of nature in our early home schooling experience, it wasn't until I read about Charlotte Mason that I...

Circle Time: Poetry, Music, and Movement

Circle Time was introduced as a part of our home school back in August, and it has quickly become one of my most cherished parts of our...

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