Mama You Need to Fuel Yourself

Being a mom is awesome, scary, challenging, rewarding, and character-building. I have had a tendency in the past though, to forget to fuel myself so that I could do my mama job well. Mom self-care is important. I know I'm not the only one who has let this slide before! As a homeschooling mom, sometimes I can finish one school year and then jump right into planning mode for the next year. While this isn't bad, I realized that I need to take some time to refuel, evaluate where I am emotionally, physically, and spiritually--- and rework daily routines to help make my day run smoother before … [Read More...]
Creeks and Waterfalls Nature Study

This summer my children and I joined a creeks and waterfalls nature study group. It was a win-win for me because it got us outside, it got us exploring our state and my friend Julie planned all the road trips! This was a great way to have scheduled, … [Read More...]
Learning about Rocks and Minerals

It has been a long winter for us-- one where I found myself and our homeschool routine stalled. I've been in this place before, and knew I needed to pair things down to the basics and find a mini-unit study to focus on. We ended up doing a Rocks and … [Read More...]
Letter C is for Cupcake Valentine Craft

I love when I can combine two objectives with one activity! While introducing my toddler to letter C, we made this cute cupcake craft that doubled as a Valentine's Day craft! I got this craft idea from Elise's Totally Tot Craft article and used it … [Read More...]
Free Printable Thanksgiving Scripture Coloring Pages

I printed out these Thanksgiving scripture coloring pages for my children this morning and they loved coloring them! One of our goals is to memorize some Thanksgiving-themed scripture, so we'll be using these pages to help us hide God's word in our … [Read More...]
10 Apples Up On Top ~ Preschool

This week we started back to homeschool! For our first theme of the year, we picked apples. I gathered up our apple-themed materials and books for our first week back. The first book we read was 10 Apples Up on Top by Leo LeSeig. We had a new … [Read More...]