Books are an essential part of our homeschool day. As a literature-based homeschool, that’s where we turn to explore the world, experience other cultures and perspectives, and sprinkle some beauty into our days with art and poetry. Now that we found Beautiful Feet Books, I’m teaching character the same way.[Read more]
There’s no shortage of great history options for homeschooling families, but The Mystery of History is the only one of those options with a permanent place in our homeschool. Today I want to share an overview of our favorite homeschool history curriculum, but also why we choose it year after[Read more]
Timelines are undeniably useful in forming a complete understanding of history. Rather than learning history in random chunks, timelines promote learning in a way that connects the people, places, and events that shaped history. Even so, I struggle finding homeschool timelines that work for us. Most options simply require more[Read more]
Art has always been an important part of our homeschool despite the fact that my own artistic ventures as a child and teen only involved crayons and paper. Even so, I started piecing together homeschool art options because both of my kids loved experimenting with different mediums from an early[Read more]
If you’re anything like me, you understand all the positives and negatives that come with life in the digital world. On one hand, it’s amazing to think of the technology that comes so naturally to our children. On the other, there are times when it seems as if the art[Read more]
Neither of my kids are quite ready for college applications, but we do have one middle schooler now. Since we’re getting closer to our final years of homeschooling, I’m paying more attention to our homeschool choices and how they’ll impact his education once he completes high school. That’s why I was[Read more]