Tag: homeschooling

  • Tuesday Tips: We hike for the bling – using virtual races for fun and learning

    Tuesday Tips: We hike for the bling – using virtual races for fun and learning

    Last year, when everything shut down, I signed up for a Disney Virtual Race. I love the Disney Races and have flown to Florida for a few of them in person over the past 4+ years. It seemed like nice motivation to keep active while the world stopped. Add in a few treatment hiccups and…

  • On #WednesdaysWeRead: Mr. Popper’s Penguins

    On #WednesdaysWeRead: Mr. Popper’s Penguins

    We had a lot of fun reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl in October and November. At the end of the story we visited a local candy shop to find candies from the story. We then brought them home and ate them while watching the movie! Since then we’ve been asked what…

  • 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

    Birds: Week One

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