This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking my links, I make a commission at no cost to you. One of the tricky parts of being an unemployed homeschooler is that there isn’t any objective feedback. Unlike my 9-5 job I had in the past, I don’t get a yearly review. […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI). The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better! Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. You can see our first link up here. This week’s topic […]
-1- Honey for a Child’s Heart Booklists are my jam. I scour blogs and lists looking for diamonds that my family will treasure. We’ve found some family favorites that way (I’m looking at you, The Seven Silly Eaters). Many of my favorite blogs have recommended Honey For a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt because of the extensive book […]
I’ve always loved personality tests. There’s something almost magical about answering a bunch of questions and then getting the results. Here are a few goodies: Which Downton Abbey character are you? What role would you play in a fairy tale? What type of mom will you be? (Ha! My results were debatable on this one.) What saint […]
We’re coming out of 3 years of survival mode homeschooling due to Cee’s illness. The kids and I have enjoyed parts, and we’ve learned too…but “loving our homeschool” hasn’t been a major focus. It’s more of a fortunate occasional byproduct. I’ve been devouring a new-to-me blog lately. I don’t really know the author, but she’s […]
We use CHC’s Explore the Continents as a general guide for our staycation to Australia. We checked out all the books we could about Australia from the library. The nonfiction books were all sort of standard, but there were some fiction books that we read and re-read. Best of Australia in Children’s Literature (We started […]
Here are the highlights of what the kidlets have been up to this week -1- Bea is officially out of the “easy baby” stage and into the “into everything” stage. She’s also started making a noise we call the angry pig squeal when she doesn’t get her way. She made David’s glasses an offer they […]