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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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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 …
Read More about A Few Favorite Board Books

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 …
Read More about Making Shakespeare with Children Easy {and free printables}

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 …
Read More about Winter Days + Ellen and the Winter Wolves

Since finding the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling a couple years ago I have been slowly learning and implementing more of it in our lives. One thing that I love about the method is that it pushes me as the mother and teacher to continue to learn and grow myself! There is something in Charlotte …
Read More about A Look Inside My Nature Journal- Autumn 2018