First of all, to anyone who participated in the 2020 Montessori Homeschool Summit, a giant THANK YOU! It feels like a smash success and I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback which makes me overjoyed. Speaking at the online event pushed me out of my comfort zone, so I deeply appreciate all the kind words of…
Do you know how big our sun is compared to our home planet? Can you visualize that? After our model solar system activity, we got a good idea for the sizes of the planets. Originally I’d really hoped to take the kids on an adventure around town showing the scale and distance apart, but even…
Every October we do a Harry Potter homeschooling week for my Harry Potter crazed kiddos. I’m super fortunate to be participating in a Wizarding swap group right now: potions, charms, and other fun all DIY and delivered through the mail. I am so excited about this slapjack game; I’m posting it free here for you…
Boy have I been a terrible blogger lately or what? Regardless of post frequency, we have been keeping very busy — as a homeschooling family of six is wont to do. Halloween and Disney continued to throw our October routine off, so we’ve adapted school time. I thought I’d give a few snapshots of what…
If you noticed it was a little quiet around here, we just got a fairly direct hit from record-breaking hurricane Michael last week. We came through mostly unscathed, but it knocked our phone lines and power out for a bit. To get an idea of the aftermath imagine if a third of the trees in…
If you are looking for high-quality language cards, here is a great resource — Stages Learning Materials asked me to review some of their Language builder sets. We have been using these cards in all sorts of homeschool activities lately; they are an excellent addition to our science and language work. The cards are great quality,…
Rocked the past two weeks like a homeschool ninja.
How to put together a watercolor basket. Step 1) Find a pretty basket. Step 2) Find a fun container to hold your water. Step 3) Add watercolor paper. Step 4) Find some watercolor pencils or paints. Step 5) Find a subject. Step 6) Sketch and paint! Easy enough. I added this little set of goodies…
Sharing all the contents of our animal classification boxes (in the Montessori continent box style) one by one. Up first is our bird box. It’s been so much fun putting these together — almost as much fun as watching the kids explore each animal hands-on. Animal classification cards freebie here. 🙂 We read the books…
If you’ve been following us on Instagram, you’d know we’ve been all pumpkins all the time. Here’s just a quick, easy-peezy practical life activity my kids went gaga over: pumpkin washing. All we did was set up a little bowl of cotton balls and a tiny dish of soapy water — and of course a…
