Recently I have been enjoying making some hand-stitched journals. I started out by making some practice ones with scraps of paper I already had. It was so fun and fairly simple so I decided it would be the perfect handicraft to do with my children. Since then I have invested in some nice quality paper, …
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Charlotte Mason Exam Week
This past week has been exam week in our homeschool. Even though we have been using Ambleside Online and the Charlotte Mason Method for a couple years now, this is the first time I have actually formally done the exams. So far in the past I have either skipped them altogether or gone through the …
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A Few Favorite Board Books
I have loved books and reading for as long as I can remember and it is my hope to pass that on to our children! A few of the ways I am doing this are one simply having a quantity of quality books in our home, making time for personal reading to model the enjoyment …
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Making Shakespeare with Children Easy {and free printables}
Even though I was homeschooled myself, I was not exposed to Shakespeare’s works at a very young age, which is understandable considering the language is so complex and can be hard to follow and some of the themes are pretty mature. I think my first experience with Shakespeare was a class at our homeschool co-op …
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Winter Days + Ellen and the Winter Wolves
We seem to be settling in to a deep, white winter around here. The last few days the snow has been falling steadily and softly, blanketing our world with white. Honestly I don’t mind the snow at all, especially when I don’t have to drive anywhere. I am a true homebody at heart. I love …
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