I’m a huge fan of lifelong learning, both teaching my kids to be lifelong learners and making sure I am one myself. In order to really push myself I decided to start a book club earlier this year. I wanted to read more classics so I shared about it on our community Facebook page and…
My daughter is a Magic Tree House fan. They were the first chapter books she started reading last fall and she’s read almost every book in the series (many of them twice over). Magic Tree House books are to her what The Baby-Sitters Club books were to me. Except that she gets to learn about…
About a month ago we were given the opportunity to try out Smartick Math. As much as I like interest-led education and the idea of at least semi-unschooling I do like a bit of structure when it comes to math because I feel like it’s not as easy to be creative with math as it is…
When I chose the name Intentional Homeschooling for this blog I did so for a reason. I truly wanted to be intentional with my homeschool days. That’s not to say that I wanted to follow a rigid schedule, but rather that I wanted to see the teaching moments as they rose naturally. While we are still…
As part of the Explore the World From Your Home digital resource guide that I’ve created I’ve got book lists for the countries included in the guide thus far. Today I thought I’d share some of the books from the Egypt section with you! The Explore the World digital resource guide is more than just…
Wow, I can’t believe it’s time for our second homeschool summer plan post! Once again I’m looking forward to having a summer that is a balance of learning and plain old enjoying the summer. When I asked Raeca what she wanted to learn about this summer her one request was to learn about Shakespeare –…