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In my experience, introducing math concepts to children can either be incredibly frustrating or inspiring.  Math is everywhere in our daily lives, and inviting children into learning in a natural and organic...

When most people think of kindergarten, they imagine getting a new backpack and school supplies and sending a child off on a yellow school bus to a brightly colored classroom. ...

As the store aisles begin to fill with Easter-themed candy, trinkets, and toys it's easy to go overboard with pastel-colored plastic toys that will end in the back of a...

Gameschooling is not a new concept for me, but it’s not something I have utilized a lot in our home education until recently. In the past, we always had babies and...

It’s that time again. The time of the year that you look around your house and think, “These children do not need one more single toy!” And yet, Christmas is...

As a homeschool mom, I knew early on that I wanted to wait to start formal academics around ages 5-6, using the preschool years to focus on developing a love...

Two questions you may be asking as a new homeschool mom are: "How do I teach my child how to recognize letters and the sounds they make?" and "How do...

You have decided you want to homeschool your kindergartener, but where do you start? My hope is that reading this blog post will feel like we are having a coffee...

[Note from 2023]: This blog post was originally written in 2017 when my two oldest children were ages 3 & 4 years old and we were not doing formal lessons yet....

Morning Time has become a beautiful anchor of our day over the last few years. With such a wide variety of ages and needs, it’s not always peaceful and exactly how my idealistic...

“In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother’s first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet and growing time, a full six...

My love for Explode the Code goes way back to when I was a private teacher before I was a mother. I started teaching my student, Charlie, when he was...