Category: Homeschooling

  • How I Plan: Part 2

    You’ve just sat down with all of your exciting curriculum, sticky notes, crisp new planner, pretty pens… when you have a terrifying realization. You have a lot of things we want to cover in a year, but when you write it out every day… well, you might need to skip meals and sleep to get…

  • How I Plan: Part 1

    I am often asked how I schedule out our homeschool year. I truly think everyone’s schedule is their own and should reflect their own thinking preferences, the types of learners their children are and what philosophy they follow with homeschooling. That being said, I do think seeing how other’s schedule can help us find our…

  • Birds: Week Three

    I’m writing out ahead of time what our plan is for the week and then I will be posting photos, here and on my Instagram, as we progress! This week we will be learning about the birds we could see in our backyard – so feel free to swap these out with the birds for…

  • Birds: Week Two

    Birds: Week Two

    I’m writing out ahead of time what our plan is for the week and then I will be posting photos, here and on my Instagram, as we progress! Week one was so much fun and we can’t wait to get into learning all about the parts of a bird! Supply list here. ** Reminder: We…

  • Birds: Week One Day Two & Three

    Tuesday Tuesday started with Storytime with the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. It was a nice slow start to the morning at the kitchen table! That was followed up with an Outschool class Pip signed up for with one of his co-op friends. We are really liking this teacher and her classes. She’s great with…

  • Birds: Week One, Day One

    Today was our official kick off of the Birds Unit Study, and also just happens to be our Zoom Co-Op day. It was a fun kick off with everyone on camera and making nests! We read Nest by Jorey Hurley, The Nest by Constantine Georgiou and Mama Built a Little Nest, Jennifer Ward together while…

  • Habit Forming

    Something we focus on in our home are habits. We intentionally address a single habit and work together to form them in ourselves, each other and within our family as a whole. It is an important part of our family culture. I wanted to take a moment explaining how we do this, then discuss what…

  • Birds: Week One

    Birds: Week One

    Our plan for week one of our Bird Unit Study, including music, STEAM. literacy and fine motor activities.

  • Birds: Verse

    Birds: Verse

    A part of our monthly plan is learning a bible verse. We often use the Simply Charlotte Mason system for memorization. But we do deviate where appropriate. A Unit Study will sometimes deviate us. This Unit Study has provided so many verses to choose from, but our hymn actually helps. I love connecting as many…

  • Birds: Hymn

    Birds: Hymn

    Each month we learn a new hymn – this month our theme is birds | www.oliverandtara.com