Today is James’ first day of 4th grade! What an awesome blessing that God has enabled me to do this alone for so long.
I remember in the beginning thinking I was crazy to attempt doing this as a single mom. God has opened doors and made a way all along and it just confirms to [...]

A  few weeks ago when I posted about how we do art study, I mentioned that we will study Raphael this term. We’re deviating from Ambleside’s  selection for this term because we had the opportunity to view a Raphael this spring.
When my sister visited from the West Coast, she and my brother set up all [...]

James and I are reading through the Little House series together. We usually read one or two books per year.
If we just plowed straight through the series, we’d have trouble getting all our other literature books read. So, we save them for a delicious treat.
We started the series quite a few years ago, but I [...]

A couple weeks ago, James used a coupon to buy a paint by numbers kit. He’s been working on his painting and exclaiming over the clouds.
He  props the canvas up and looks at it from across the room and hollers, “Mom! The clouds look like real clouds!”  I love watching him work on it and [...]

Welcome to this edition of the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival. I’m excited to host these lovely posts today. Learning about Charlotte Mason and how other homeschool families incorporate her ideas into their schooling always interests me.

History
Pamela presents a visit to Old Shasta posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.I had to smile at her comment about the [...]

I received the opportunity from Litfuse publicity to review the Download N Go unit studies from Amanda Bennett and The Old Schoolhouse.
The Download N Go studies are named that because they’re  ready to go. I got to review Whales Tales and Davy Crockett.
They are a combination of unit studies and lapbooking. They look like they’d [...]

James and I stopped at the library tonight. I always love a good trip to the library!
While I was looking at some books waiting for James, a man came in and asked the librarian this question.
“What are some good books–not picture books–with a moral in them?”
She was slightly stumped. I thought of a few but [...]

A friend of mine emailed me recently to ask what I use for teaching Bible. I’m not the expert, but I didn’t mind telling her what we use.
Here are some things I’ve used in the past or am using now.
A Faith to Grown On by John MacArthur. It’s not “hard” but it’s a good doctrine [...]

 
I received the opportunity to review this book through Mamma Buzz. Since it’s a resource we could use for school, I jumped at the chance.
This book is available as a paperback or an ebook. You can see sample pages and the pages of contents at her site.
Uncovering Exciting History Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, [...]

James and I are on a 1/2 Spring Break. We’re finishing up some things that didn’t get done last week, but mostly we’re taking the days off.
On Monday, we finally made paper. That’s a project from our Marco Polo book that’s been on my list for weeks.
We just made mash with papers from the recycling [...]