The Idea Book

I start to feel panic rising when considering the idea of planners.  I don't like reading blog posts about them either!  However, I know...

We just got something that I have been interested in for about half my life!  * Healing Herbs! *  But this is amazing because it's tol...

Our "Poet-Tree" that we started in April (for poetry month) but it is staying up a long time! It is made from packing paper fro...

You can do a poetry tea time ANY way you want!  You could do a picnic poetry time, or go to starbucks, or not have tea but have some other...

Too often, people think that academic learning and school should be hard.  Like if it isn't hard and tedious then they aren't a...

Next year I will likely forget the ideas I tried this year so I'll blog about it just for my own records. :) I bought gift boxes from...

I shared briefly in the previous post about this pocket journal, but it was brand new and I hadn't gotten a chance to use it yet! It h...

 We have loved using the Thinking Tree books for over a year now (and longer if you include the Dyslexia Games books that we have used on ...

We have been doing "Poetry teatimes" for long enough now that we have started writing our own poetry at the end almost every tim...

 It's hard to begin a description of a typical day because I feel like I can only describe ONE day and not necessarily show that every d...

 I started our new school year a few weeks ago, feathering in the subjects and routines slowly so we could get back into the swing of learn...

Following my completion of all the alphabetical chalk boards, how about some tips from Amazing to Zany for Moms (and homeschoolers especiall...

Obviously my plan of the alphabet of the week wasn't just one week for each letter.  We did other things in between, and the past 2 year...

 These are the 7 giveaway books for 7 people that I have already given away!   But even though the giveaway portion is over you can still...

Have you heard about "Poetry Tea Times"-- check out the hash tag #poetryteatime on instagram or look at their website ! Also chec...

  "Value academic work because nurturing the intellect is part of what makes us fully human, but don't elevate it beyond its place....

 What most homeschoolers understand is that struggle we have between the need to have order to our home and school, but often one of the rea...

You can inspire your child towards an interest in story telling, languages, and creativity even at a young age and even just with crayons. ...

  This book is lovely and wonderful for Dads to use with kids, but it could be used by any parent or caregive...