In honor of back-to-school/homeschool season, I’m sharing some of my favorite things right now. I hope you enjoy! I decorated the table with a few new games and goodies for our first day 9/1! My mom made a large quilted pillow and I removed the stuffing and made it into a table runner. In previous … Continue reading A Few of My Favorite Back-to-Homeschool Things
Category: Homeschool
Trail Mix Hike
Hike #9 for 2025 A NV State Park, Fort Churchill, hosted a “Trail Mixer” on National trail mix day, 8/31. They provided a humongous trail mix bar with a huge variety of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and candy. After creating our own custom bags of trail mix, we went on a hike to trail test … Continue reading Trail Mix Hike
Nevada State Parks 2024-2025
The Nevada State Parks department gives a free fifth grade adventure pass. Our youngest is in 5th grade this year and the pass is valid from August through August. Let’s see how many parks we can visit this year! Sand Harbor We made reservations for a day use parking spot on 9/14/24. It was $15. … Continue reading Nevada State Parks 2024-2025
The Brave Learner
Book #9 for 2025 The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life by Julie Bogart Overall, this book was a little more unschool-y than I totally agree with. However there were some really great ideas and concepts throughout the text as well. Here are my favorite takeaways from this book: “Surprise your … Continue reading The Brave Learner
DIY Summer Homeschool “Conference”
Last summer, I attended a few local homeschool mini-conferences and left each of them feeling underwhelmed, uninspired and like I’d wasted a big chunk of time. This summer, instead of scouring Facebook for local conferences and lamenting the travel cost to attend a large conference in California, I decided to read books instead. I felt … Continue reading DIY Summer Homeschool “Conference”