Plum Creek was a slow, lazy summer  (over three months ago!) unit. It was just what I needed, and we took a long break before starting the next book in the Prairie Primer. I'm behind in sharing, but hope to catch up quick as we have finished Shores and a…

This week: List things you do when you (and/or a family member) are sick. Things we do when sick: Scan - to see what supplements and oils we need Rest - make a bed on the couch or living room floor, rest, sleep, read a book/watch a movie, sta…

This week is grace week at Beauty Full Slow , so I thought I'd jump in and do a past list on Family Traditions. Our family is a little unusual as we don't keep most traditional holidays, so I'd like to document it as a part of our story. Sea…

~Bo is 5 years, 8 months~ I thought  Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel , which is a classic book about hard work and good stewardship, would be a great book to start on Labor Day, so we celebrated September 5th this year with red, white and blue cupcak…

Welcome to our last day in our week in the life of  All About Reading Level 1 Second Edition ! We do reading 4 days a week, so today is our last day of reading this week. As I mentioned yesterday, I was feeling bad that I pushed Bo through the Practice S…

Welcome to another day in the life of  All About Reading Level 1 Second Edition ! Today's lesson is on the letter u and the second sound of s. We start with a review of letter sounds. I add a quick comment that /c and /g are two sounds that Bo has be…