Throughout history, the Christian church has honored the lives of saints and martyrs on October 31, All Hallows’ Eve. It is more commonly celebrated as Reformation Day now. Read on for my list of great books to read with your children for All Saints’ Day and Reformation Day! I feel that now, more than ever,…
The Best Free Audiobooks on Audible
Did you know that there are free audiobooks on available Audible? All you need is an Amazon account. Here’s a list of some of the best! We LOVE using audiobooks in our homeschool and one of the best things I’ve come across are FREE audiobooks on Audible! Although I don’t think audio should ever replace…
The Best Living Books for Teaching Art History
Teaching art history can easily get overshadowed in our homeschool plans. In truth, that is how it has been for me! I am an art lover, yet have struggled to incorporate it into our school days between all the other math and writing going on. But once again, great living books to the rescue! Here…
Top 5 Favorite Christian Homemaking Books
Looking for encouragement as you work to make your home a haven? Proverbs tells us that “the wise woman builds her house” (Proverbs 14:1), but what does it look like practically-speaking to build it? There are a variety of books that can help us shape that vision of making a home. Here are my top…
What to Read Next: How to Read a Book
I’m excited to start sharing monthly book recommendations with you! What to Read Next will be recommendations geared towards moms and will cover a variety of genres. My thought is to recommend one book that generally fits into the month/season of the year we’re in (think cozy novel for October, organizational book in January, etc.)….
Simple Homeschool Curriculum Plans for 6th Grade (2024-2025)
It’s nearly time to begin another school year! Our plans have been a little late in the making, but that’s just fine. Here you’ll find my simple homeschool curriculum plans for 6th grade. I always like to remind myself that a plan is just that: a plan. It is not my master! Plans can change…
Morning Time Plans and Booklist for our Homeschool: Fall 2024
Our Morning Time plans this year are going to be split into 2 groups: one for the older students and one for the younger. The younger ones are elementary age (grades 1 and 3) and the older ones are both middle school (grades 6 and 7). We will be doing Bible, devotionals, art, memory work,…
Simple Homeschool Curriculum for 3rd Grade (2024-2025)
It’s almost time for another school year to begin! Here is the homeschool curriculum that we plan to use for 3rd Grade this year. In our homeschool, I try to keep everyone’s individual daily work to just the basics: reading, writing, and math. I feel that, when you are homeschooling multiple children, keeping their individual…
Simple Homeschool Curriculum for 1st Grade (2024-2025)
It’s almost the beginning of another school year, so it’s time to share our homeschool curriculum plans for 1st Grade! In our homeschool, I try to keep everyone’s individual daily work to just the basics: reading, writing, and math. I feel that, when you are homeschooling multiple children, keeping their individual work to a minimum…
Living Books for Science & Nature Study
Unless you’re a science nerd, the thought of teaching science in your homeschool can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be! Science is so much more than dissecting frogs and crafting exploding volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar (although your kids will love doing those things too!). The history of science…