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Decluttering Books – Minimalist Homeschooling
In case you’ve missed it, we love books around here. I think the idea of being able to justify buying a bunch of books may have sparked my initial interest in homeschooling. I love seeing what other homeschooling families are up to, especially the novels and picture books they are reading as well as the encyclopedias and…
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Eight Read Alouds & Audiobooks for Grade Two
Grade two is such a fun age for read aloud novels! The books I’m sharing in today’s list are really good for a variety of ages. We’ve actually listened to six of them on audio this year while Raeca is in grade one, she enjoyed them and so did I. Some of the themes went…
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What Is Unschooling? How Do You Unschool & Do Unschooled Kids Learn Anything?
Today I want to tackle three big questions: what is unschooling? how do you unschool? and do unschooled kids learn anything? A year ago we were very much leaning towards the idea of homeschooling and there were so many things I didn’t know about homeschooling (there still are!), at the time I thought unschooling was…
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Digital Homeschooling – Adding Digital Picture Books & Chapter Books into Our Homeschool
In the last few weeks we have really been taking advantage of some great digital resources in our homeschool. I’ve got a post in the works sharing a variety of them but today I wanted to focus in on one resources we have been loving. We are a fairly digital family; my husband earns his…
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Eight Picture Books For Little Engineers and Builders
If you have a little one in your home that is into building things you’ll love these picture books! I often find myself wondering what my kids will chose to “do” or “be” when they grow up. I’m definitely not going to force them to do anything but I like looking for their strengths and…
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Snapshots from Our Homeschool Days
I wanted to do something different today and just show some photos of glimpses into our homeschool days. No two days look alike in our homeschool and I think that’s partly the beauty of it. Oh, also, it is winter here right now (there is a decent winter storm going on as I sit here…