Glorious summer!
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This summer has been absolutely dreamy so far. We’ve been building forts, soaking up the sun and salty air, playing board games for hours at a time, reading amazing books,…
Homeschool
A month into our new school year and loving it
Don’t you love the start of a new school year? The kids and I started school about a month ago. We finished our last school year early, which worked out…
The Biggest Bear and other picture books for older children
The kids and I have been working our ways through both the Newbery and Caldecott medal and honors lists as part of the #nerdbery and #nerdcott challenges. We’ve already found…
12 12s in 2012
As I said in my last post, I love the clean start of a new year! Last year I set a few annual goals, and I had so much fun…
Multi-Generational Learning
One of the things that I really love about homeschooling is that my kids (and I!) spend the majority of our time learning without the typical hierarchy of age. One…
What a difference 5 years makes…
Today I had one of those moments at the park that just made me thankful for my life and for the decisions that we’ve made. Five years ago, when my…
Colorado gifted and talented conference
After my big, bad VBAC post, I thought it’d be nice to have something a bit less controversial, lol. I am trying to get together some other homeschool mommies to…
Delight-driven vs. parent-led learning
Our homeschooling path was turned a bit upside down last week. My 4yo daughter has been begging to start school. I was planning on holding off another year, but she…
Upcoming Colorado Conferences and Speakers
I wanted to post some info that I’ve run across over the past few weeks. Sally and Clay Clarkson The WholeHearted Child Home Education Workshop September 7-8 New Life Church,…
My homeschooling blog
I decided that I wanted to split my blog, so I made a new domain 🙂 I’ve been sitting on it for a while so that I could decide how…
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