Archive for the ‘homeschooling’ Category

hello, blog.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

I thought before I started to post again, I would first apologize to my blog. I have been thinking about you, Dear Blog! And yes, I have also been busy. But not too busy that I couldn’t have come here to write. I guess the real thing that held me back was that after posting [...]

wrapping up the week.

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

This week was our first week in the Tapestry of Grace curriculum. After months of debating the cost of buying the entire Year 1 collection, I decided to go head and just purchase Year 1, Unit 1. It’s a smaller investment (and even if I want to buy Units 2, 3 and 4 to finish [...]

how to stay on top of everything.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

At least, this is how I do it! I was recently inspired by this post of Kelly Rae Robert’s, where she shares a bit about her planners and notebooks. So, today I thought I’d share a sneak peek into my own little systems… because I love them! They are my lifelines. So, I do a [...]

lessons learned.

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

I am thankful that with all that I have going on in my day—the cooking and cleaning, the design work, the running of a large on-line shop—that right now I’m feeling so motivated and excited about the things we are tackling during school time every day. Planning out lessons for school leaves me feeling creative [...]

weekend recap.

Monday, August 30th, 2010

It was a fun and busy weekend around here! Saturday morning I met my mom for coffee at a little pastry shop downtown, right on the corner of Lemon and Main (which is also where the weekly Farmer’s Market takes place). We had a lovely time chatting and relaxing together. We also walked around and [...]

adventures in bookmaking.

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Today we had some fun. We made a few books for our lessons! I found a pack of white drawing paper at the store. It had a nice weight and I thought it would be just perfect for our new drawing endeavors. For the small books, I started out by cutting each paper in half: [...]