Homeschooling

Resources that I love and use the most in our homeschool:

Well-Educated Heart                  Belle Ame At Home

The Good and The Beautiful                 Math Inspirations

Homeschool Posts

Fika Friday: The Allegory of the Olive Trees

We have been studying Jacob 5 in the Book of Mormon this week which is The Allegory of the Olive Trees.    A couple months ago, I got this edition of The Millennial Instructor that has really been helping us to better understand the scattering and gathering of Israel.  It also has a lot of fun...
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Gardening: Soil Sprouts

(This is post #3 about our garden.  See #1 here and #2 here.)    When I was looking up information and ideas for our indoor garden, I ran across this book… Year-Round Salad Gardening by Peter Burke.  I checked it out from the library and read the whole book in a few days (which is...
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Gardening: Month Two

We continued to see rapid growth with our garden last month.  So much so that hopefully it starts to warm up outside soon so I can put our plants on the deck or else we might be living in a full on jungle.  haha.  Our house may or may not have a very earthy scent these...
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Gardening: Month One

At the end of December, as I was thinking ahead to starting school again, I wrote this in my journal… December 29, 2019 “As I was organizing in the school room yesterday, I was just feeling so excited about what we are going to learn. Looking at all of the books on the shelves felt...
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The Teacher Leaning Hard on Thee

  The Teacher Lord, who am I to teach the way To little children day by day, So prone myself to go astray? I teach them knowledge, but I know How faint the flicker and how low The candles of my knowledge glow. I teach them power to will and do, But only now to...
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True Education is Between a Child’s Soul and God

During my morning routine this morning, I was thinking about that quote from Marlene that I put in my last post. I was thinking about how “true education is between a child’s soul and God” (Charlotte Mason).  The spirit inspired me with an idea.    30 minutes of personal quiet time where God can teach...
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Homeschool Journey: Educating our Hearts

I mentioned in my last post that during the year of waiting, the Lord tutored, instructed, and prepared me (and that process has continued).  I was led to resources, principles, and tools that gave me a vision for what should be our overarching focus and goal.   The main resource that I was led to was...
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Homeschool Journey: Trust God’s Timing

Continuing on with the story of our homeschool journey. (see part 1 here)…   Over time, the idea grew within me.   I didn’t know what to do with it. There were times when I tried to act like it didn’t belong to me.   But it followed me. I worried what others would think. I...
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Homeschool Journey: What Do You Do With An Idea?

  What Do You Do With an Idea? By Kobi Yamada One day, I had an idea. “Where did it come from? Why is it here?” I wondered, “What do you do with an idea?” At first I didn’t think much of it. It seemed kind of strange and fragile. I didn’t know what to do...
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