My kiddos and I just completed various levels of our library’s winter reading challenge. The challenge begins in late November and concludes in late February. It was a lot of fun! I’m so grateful for our librarians who put so much creativity into these fun programs! This particular challenge certainly makes the coldest part of … Continue reading Winter Reading Challenge
Hi friends, we recently finished listening to the Audible version of “Pablo and Birdy” read by the author, Alison McGee. We really enjoyed the story and we did some fun activities as part of our unit study to go along with it. We even decided to draw Birdy as our bird of the month for … Continue reading Pablo and Birdy – Unit Study + January Bird Drawing
We’ve got big news here at our homeschool, my husband and I decided that the kiddos and I are going to tag along on my husband’s work trip to Nashville this year! We are so excited! When an opportunity this this pops up, it dramatically changes our homeschool plans. We are totally dropping everything else … Continue reading Nashville, Tennessee – Unit Study
One of my goals for our homeschool this year, is to draw a different bird each month with the kiddos. To accompany my goal, I wanted us to learn about John James Audubon. Here are the books that I found at thrift stores for our mini unit study. I also purchased, Birds of Idaho Field … Continue reading John James Audubon Unit Study + Storks + Owls
Our middle daughter (age 10) recently completed the library's 2022 Extreme Book Nerd Challenge for Kids by reading 25 books (at least 100 pages long) in specific categories. She earned a paperless writing tablet just like her big brother. The challenge lists 26 categories, and she got to choose which category to skip. Here are … Continue reading Extreme Book Nerd for Kids 2022 – #2
Our oldest son (age 12) just completed the 2022 Extreme Book Nerd Challenge for Kids by reading 25 books (at least 100 pages long) in specific categories. He earned a paperless writing tablet. The challenge lists 26 categories, and he got to choose which category to skip. Here are the categories and the books he … Continue reading Extreme Book Nerd for Kids – 2022
I’ve wanted to have a Little Free Library for a long time. The idea is to be a steward of your very own miniature library. People can take a book and return it, or take a book and share one they are finished with. It’s such a fun idea for a bibliophile like me! When … Continue reading Mobile Sharing Library
Our oldest son (age 11), just earned a new hoodie sweatshirt by completing a library-sponsored “Extreme Book Nerd” challenge. He read 25 books (each at least 100 pages) in specific categories. I'm one proud book-loving mama! We’re very conservative when it comes to selecting reading material and usually avoid things like graphic violence, ghosts, witches, … Continue reading Extreme Book Nerd
We recently finished listening to the audiobook “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo on Audible. *We enjoyed it thoroughly! We listened to the audiobook while we were living in our travel trailer, and once we found a house we decided to replicate the party we heard about in the story to celebrate. To have the … Continue reading Gloria Dump Punch – Because of Winn-Dixie
I published this last week, but I failed to set the date properly. I’m just re-posting it today so it’s in a better sequential order on the blog. Well friends we have a big announcement. We sold our beautiful home in Northern California and we are moving to Idaho! We did things a little bit … Continue reading RV Homeschool 🤦🏻♀️ Here We Go Again!
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