Loving and Learning in the Nest
Years ago, we bought a refillable Advent calendar, thinking it would be a great way to avoid morning sugar crashes in December. But what do you know, it didn't take long for me to figure out that in my knee-deep-in-diapers stage, the easiest thing to fill the calendar with was chocolate.It's a few years later, and my children are not so little any more. I have more wiggle room in my Read More
If you are homeschooling a special needs child, your homeschool probably looks a little unconventional. Unique children, unique homeschools! In our special needs homeschool, we constantly confront new problems with creative solutions. Since we've been struggling with reading, a handy little gadget is making a big difference. Recently, we added the Forbrain headset into our rotation of Read More
Colorful pumpkin seeds are a really fun way to milk every ounce of educative value out of your fall pumpkins! This year, I attempted this for the second time, and it worked amazingly well. The last time I tried it, I used food coloring, and the seeds were spotty and not very vibrant. I had a new process this year, which I'll share with you in this post, as well as what to do with these colorful Read More
We all have bad days homeschooling, and if we don't learn to handle them well, they can have us threatening to take the government up on their offer to transport, feed, and educate our children on the taxpayer's dime. Planning for bad days is the best way to not let them throw us off course, either emotionally or from our homeschooling vision. Let me start out by saying what this post is NOT- Read More
This post is in collaboration with Generous Family Curriculum. I was not required to write a positive review, and all ideas are my own. I recently had one of those parenting moments that makes you think, "Am I doing this right?" It was a sunny, summer day, and we were spending the afternoon at the pool. My son had just gotten a new squirt gun, and knowing how things tend to disappear at Read More
