In all of my adult life, I cannot remember a Thanksgiving without children. Having five of them now, ages one to sixteen, I’ve learned a few tricks to keeping the peace during Thanksgiving preparations. What started as a mommy being clever enough to keep the kids busy has turned into fun Thanksgiving family traditions. The … Read more
November is a wonderful time of the year to be building memories with your families. Traditions can be big or small the important thing is to make them deeply personal for your family and something that you do every year together. Today the Crew would like to share some of their Thanksgiving posts with you … Read more
The words Notebooking and Lapbooking tend to be used interchangeably in the homeschool world. Notebooking is a method used by home educating families to creatively journal and track learning by recording it on pages in a notebook or on sheets stored in 3-ring binders. Lap Books or Lapbooking is a slightly different method in which learning … Read more
When I was in school, I never had much interest in history. It seemed boring, archaic, and not relevant to me at all. My high school World History teacher’s methods only confirmed just how boring history could be! Then I went to a Christian boarding school. Since I’d already had World History, I didn’t have … Read more
Homeschooling provides so much flexibility to families. It also opens up the doors to a wide variety of extra learning opportunities. But just how do you plan a field trip? Find steps in this special guest post.