My family received ThinkFun MakerStudio Winches Set in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was received and all thoughts are my own. Parents, do you have a little engineer at home? Is your family obsessed with all things STEM? Is your house filled with inventions and creations? Does your child raid your recycling bin…
Seuss and His Magic Wand
Seuss has the most vivid imagination of any child I know. He is constantly lost in his own little world. He spends his days morphing into various characters, and he has an army of imaginary companions. To say he tells tall tales would be a huge understatement. He is wildly, fantastically, imaginative. We love and fully embrace Seuss’ imagination….
Homeschool Flexibility
You know what’s funny? This time last year homeschooling was not on my radar. And yet here I sit, one year later, and I am not only homeschooling but I am enjoying it most days. When I think about all the things I’ve grown to love and appreciate about homeschooling, the list is long. If…
Amazing Creative Writing Prompts: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
FTC Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon Affiliate link.* When I first made the decision to homeschool, I was touched by the outpouring of support from friends and family. A dear friend of mine, who also happens to be a phenomenal teacher (I know this because I met her when we were both in the trenches!), gave us a…
A FAIRY good time with fairy houses
FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* Oh my gosh, you guys. The coolest thing happened recently. I received an e-mail from a reader, a soon-to-be-homeschooler, who had enjoyed our fairy-themed craft-palooza post so much that she wanted to send us some of her decorate-your-own fairy houses. I have a reader who has a fairy house…
Fairy Craft Follow-Up
Remember the fairy door craft that I posted about a couple weeks ago? I spaced on posting a follow-up to our fairy craft-palooza. Here are some belated photos of our fairy doors. Leo supervised the installation because it is very important to place your fairy door in a spot where your fairy will feel both safe…


