One of my favorite things is peace and quiet. I need lots of it to not only think and focus on mental tasks, but also to recharge my batteries. Here are a few things we do to keep things calm, quiet, and peaceful in our home: Limit electronic stimulati…

Moving Beyond the Page  is a literature based unit study curriculum that is designed to integrate science, social studies and language arts. I had fun picking out the  Language Arts Package - Sarah Plain and Tall  and the  Science Package - The Land  to…

I've always known  Veritas Press  as a company that offers curriculum for a Classical Christian education, but I've never considered myself a Classical homeschooler. I teach history chronologically, but that is as Classical as I get. . . until n…

~Bo is 3 years, 5 months~ Katy No-Pocket is a Before Five in a Row selection about a kangaroo without a pocket and how she goes about getting one. It is not my favorite book, and I don't enjoy reading it, but it has a huge variety of animals and c…

If you have followed my Tot School with Bo posts, the Design & Drill name should be familiar to you! Bo has {and loves!} the  Design & Drill Take Along Tool Kit , and we used it throughout our ABC Tot School . So I knew he would love the  Design &…

In my  2013-1014 Curriculum  post, I wrote: The most notable change this year is that I am combining more children, yet keeping them in their own individual cores. Eliana and Malachi are doing Sonlight Core B, but I am having Malachi sit in on Core G History …