One of the biggest homeschooling perks is the ability to incorporate art into the day. The truth is, between the budget cuts and high-stakes testing, there is less room for the arts in our public schools today. Parents who value the arts are often forced to add it in elsewhere, by seeking out music lessons…
Fairy House STEM
I’ve already gushed about my lifelong love of forts and how I consider fort-building to be the original STEM challenge, but for many years my children have preferred an outdoor STEM challenge of much tinier proportions. Fairy House STEM My children adore constructing fairy houses, the tinier the better! We live in New Hampshire. This is the…
A New Monthly Kit Sure to Inspire Creativity!
I don’t know about you guys, but I love when I find a high-quality monthly subscription kit. I love to save them for a rainy day, a sick day, or a super-crabby day when we need to breathe and switch gears. Well, folks, I just found a new monthly kit: Kith & Kin Create, and…
Calm Kids Down With Doodle Diaries
The holidays are upon us and, with them, the chaos. The energy is high, folks. The kids, who have a surplus of energy on a normal day, are bouncing off the walls. And I want to embrace it, I do. They are only little for such a short period of time. And so I string…
NaNoWriMo in Your Homeschool
It’s that time of year again, folks! November is here. It’s NaNoWriMo time! Tell me, do you use NaNoWriMo in your homeschool? What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. For the entire month of November, NaNoWriMo-ers write every single day with the goal of completing a 50,000-word novel on November 30th. That’s a whole lot…
Creative Games: Encourage Imagination and Creativity Through Play
Creative Games: Encourage Imagination and Creativity Through Play Anyone who has been reading this little ol’ blog for any length of time knows that our family is a wee bit game obsessed. Today, I am going to share our favorite creative games to inspire play and creativity. Encourage imagination and play with these creative…
