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...]
Love to Learn Blog Hop 24
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...]
Relaxed Homeschool Curriculum for Multiple Children
This past school year was the first year we began seriously using curriculum. Oh, we've dabbled here and there, using a few pages from this math curriculum and a chapter from that reading curriculum. We are relaxed homeschoolers or unschoolers, so, we mostly learn through hands on and experience, playing games, researching interests and learning as … [Read more...]
Love to Learn Blog Hop 23
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 … [Read more...]
Learning About Italy Childrens Books
Learn about Italy through these fun and inspiring children's books. Learning about different cultures, people and places around the world is so important so our kids learn appreciation of others and know their way of life is only one way to live in our big wide world. Add these books about Italy to your homeschool curriculum or supplement your … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Make a DIY Fidget Spinner
Having a Fidget Spinner is all the rage these days. I kept seeing them online, but as my kids are homeschooled they don't hear about cool fads and the latest toys as quickly. The Fidget Spinner craze does not seem to be going away any time soon, so I began wondering when I would hear my kids ask for one. Especially my son, as he plays games online, … [Read more...]
Learning About France Childrens Books
I would love to teach my kids about other cultures and countries by traveling the world, but, as it is not something I can do right now, we can still learn about them through books and other ways. Learning about different cultures and languages, how we are similar and how we differ, is a fantastic way to learn respect for all types of people and … [Read more...]
Is Childhood Life or a Step Before Life Begins?
Help! A strange kid is talking to me! It was an open house. There were lots of people there with questions and only a handful of adults whom I could safely assume worked there. I waited patiently to be shown around and have my turn gleaning answers to my anxious questions as someone who was unfamiliar with homeschooling and still very unsure. I … [Read more...]