Natural Parent Guide

Top 5 Books to Introduce Shakespeare to Kids

I still do not always understand everything in the text or plays I see and hear, but I have a love of Shakespeare. My kids are still pretty young, but I can't wait to share that love with them. I recently heard of some books to introduce Shakespeare to kids! Brilliant! I'm definitely going to invest in some of these great Shakespeare stories for … [Read more...]

Must Have Dinosaur Books for Your Dinosaur Lover

Do you have a dinosaur lover in your house? Or maybe you're studying dinosaurs as part of your homeschool science. These are some fabulous dinosaur books for kids all about dinos, of course! Create a dinosaur unit study with these story books and factual books. Most of all, enjoy learning together! Some related activities featured in these … [Read more...]

Homemade Chunky Apple Pear Sauce

Making apple sauce is a traditional fun fall activity. Once you go apple picking you always tend to end up with more apples than you can eat before they begin to get too ripe. Don't toss them out! Make homemade apple sauce! We have apple trees and a pear tree, so it's also a great thing to do with over ripe fruit. Have you tried apple pear … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 26

Welcome to the Love to Learn Blog Hop A collection of educational activities to instill a life long love of learning in our children. Enjoy learning through play, nature, crafts, and many other educational activities. This is a PIN-IT PARTY Your hosts will pin our favorite posts to our Pinterest boards! I encourage you to do the same! and … [Read more...]

Learn About Great Scientists

Learning about how things work and doing science experiments is always a favorite part of our homeschooling week. I love to inspire my young scientists by learning through engaging stories of great scientists of the past. I've put together a fun list of books about a few famous scientists to enhance your science studies. Encourage curiosity in your … [Read more...]

How to Get More Vegetables in Your Back to School Routine

Have your kids started school yet? Or homeschooling activities? Eating healthy when you're back to busy school nights or back to overly full homeschooling schedules is not an easy transition. Back to school time is such a busy time for all families and as an exhausted mom, myself, I often don't have the time or energy to cook a balanced meal. … [Read more...]

Amazing Science Books for Kids

Learning about science is an absolute favorite subject around here! We always have fun learning about science, whether we do science experiments or are taking a closer look at the world right around us we always gather tons of science books around us on the subject of interest. I've listed here some amazing science books for kids to add to your … [Read more...]

How to Have Stress Free Back to School Mornings

Even a homeschool family feels the pressure of back to school time. Well, this family does anyway. My kids attend classes and getting up in the morning is not something we are used to as a daily routine. It can be especially hard to get going after the summer break! I'm not a morning person myself, so usually end up rushed. I don't have time to … [Read more...]

Enjoy Math Learning! Math Story books and Math Games

I shared some of our favorite math stories in my post Children's Books for Playful Math Learning, but here are some more fun math books to engage your kids with fun math story books and math games that involve math concepts. These are must have math story books and math games for your homeschool math curriculum or to supplement math learning. … [Read more...]

5 Year Old has Never Known Peace

Welcome to Monday Matters! Spread awareness to help important causes and start your week off right by making a difference each Monday, even if that is just to pin, tweet, or share to pass this information on. In America we are celebrating our freedom. We've never known war to breach our boarders and come into the midst of our cities and homes … [Read more...]

Creating a Homeschool Schedule- Include Your Children

Will I ever have a schedule that works that I can stick to? Probably not. Things are always changing; the kids needs, my needs, our goals... But, I can keep trying, right?! Since the over scheduling and then freaking out episodes of the fall... we've had no schedule at all! a very relaxed schedule as far as "school" type stuff. We have our … [Read more...]

Homeschooling Resources Under $30

Homeschool curriculum and homeschooling resources can get expensive! I trade and buy used as much as possible, but some things you need new so all the pieces are there or new workbooks that have not been written in. I love educents for quality, affordable homeschool resources. This month you can even get 10% OFF and free shipping on certain orders … [Read more...]

Why Parents Need to Talk to Kids About Vaping

Welcome to Monday Matters! Spread awareness to help important causes and start your week off right by making a difference each Monday, even if that is just to pin, tweet, or share to pass this information on. Parents, talk to your kids about vaping. Join in our efforts to educate Californians by sharing this important information. E-cigarettes … [Read more...]

Top Homeschool Resources

Top Resources Loved by Homeschoolers There are so many homeschooling resources available it can be overwhelming. Finding the right fit for your children adds to that challenge. Here is a great list of tried and true resources that homeschoolers love. My kids have the Times Tales DVD and they are learning their upper multiplication quickly without … [Read more...]

10 Best Homeschooling Books for Homeschool Parents

These are, in my opinion, as well as the opinions of many of my dear homeschool mom friends, the top ten best homeschooling books available. These are homeschooling books that have been mind opening, life changing, and invaluable in my homeschooling journey. Everyone who is homeschooling their children or thinking about homeschooling should read at … [Read more...]

Love to Learn Blog Hop 25

Books About Recycling for Kids

Taking care of our world is so important. It's not enough to just tell our kids to recycle. They need to know why and really see the impact recycling has on our Earth. Take a field trip to an aquarium or marine lab, many have art made from recycled plastic found in the ocean with information along with it to read about how much of this trash was … [Read more...]

Can You Work and Homeschool? 5 Ways to Find Time

Yes, you can work and home school. As with most things, where there's a will, there's a way. If it's important to you, you find a way. Homeschooling was something I became passionate about once I understood that it is what is best for my kids and my family. Circumstances led me to have to work at least part time, so I did childcare … [Read more...]

Learn About Community Helpers

Learn about community helpers. It's so fun for kids to learn about people in our communities that are public servants and community helpers with these fun books! You can find plenty more in the "Meet My Neighbor" series, "Neighborhood Helpers", or the "Community Helper" series if you really like a certain book, just look up another type of helper … [Read more...]

Best Road Trip Books for Kids

If you've ever traveled with kids, you know you need something to entertain them such as the best road trip books you can find. I like to torture my kids with good old fashioned road trips like I had when I was little, as in, no screen time. Sure, my siblings and I fought, wined, and asked, "are we there yet?" till my parents were ready to throw us … [Read more...]