Welcome to hopefully my first of many installments of our week in review. For an online portfolio blog I realize I do an awful job of actually documenting what we do when. My hope is to hold myself accountable each Friday to write more about what we worked on that week. I also want to…
Epic to me aways! Because I finally finished! I literally cried when I stepped back and saw it was done. Of course I’m 7 months pregnant so everything sets me off crying, but that’s beside the point! I hope this unedited, super-unprofessional video series is informative, helpful and amusing! Real life 100% yall. I know…
Did you know that Wednesday morning’s lunar eclipse was the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the U.S. since March 1866? That’s around when the Civil War ended! To mark the occasion, we decided to wake up super early on my hubby’s birthday and go out on the boat. It was a frigid 32…
So I was sharing some pictures of our homeschooling classroom (our sunporch), and I figured after spending so much time flipping through albums trying to find them, I really ought to share some in one post. Our space is constantly evolving with materials and as my kids age and their needs change. But every…
I wanted to do a quick throwback Thursday post today. So many activities that we do get shared on Instagram but never make it to the blog. But these photos are too pretty not to show again. As an easy extension to the color tablets box 3 (arguably the most exciting of the color tablet…
Cause I’m having a good time… Oh man I love me some Montessori materials. EVEN when they’re a little wonky. I ordered a set of grammar symbols off of Amazon (I know but Prime). Not only did they not arrive in two days (gasp), but they arrived damaged. You can’t really tell because it’s just…
Many of my friends have adopted word motivators for themselves for 2018. New year, new encouragement — some words I’ve seen chosen are strong, hope, determination, explore and simplify; these words are meant to inspire change for those who want to better their lives in some way. For 2018 my word to inspire change in…
Josie, our nine-year-old with 22q Deletion Syndrome (plug that #22qawareness, what what) had a surgery last week on her airway to help improve her speech. Her speech has never been intelligible; we’ve worked with AAC devices and learned a bit of ASL. However, in a last Hail-Mary-rollercoaster attempt that took most of 2017, we persuaded…
My reluctant reader, my little artist, my highly-distractible, seven-year-old girl-child fell in love with I Can Doodle Rhymes by Travis Foster. With it she worked on her handwriting, decoding and doodling for a solid two hours. Then my nine-year-old with dyslexia caught wind of her excitement and wanted to try too. After a quick sibling argument over…
Happy 9th Day of Christmas! We still have our tree up and Christmas works on our shelves, and before the season is over, I wanted to share this sweet, evergreen work I found on Etsy from the shop Knotty Baby Boutique. It’s been a favorite as far as buttoning goes. There’s also an element of matching….
