SEE THE WORLD: CREATE A WORLD CULTURE UNIT STUDY
Hopping a plane with 3, 4, 5+ kids to travel the world is a big financial commitment. Sure, we’d all love to do this, but taking a physical and…
15 IDEAS TO SIMPLIFY SPRING HOMESCHOOL
If there’s ever a season to do this, I’ve definitely learned to simplify spring homeschool. I’ve mentioned before that spring is typically the hardest season in our homeschool. It’s busy….
HOMESCHOOL PLANS FOR SPRING SESSION
I’ve been sharing my seasonal plans here lately as way to hopefully give you some inspiration and to hold myself accountable as well! So far, I’ve shared our December School…
HOW TO CREATE A HOMESCHOOL PLAN WHEN YOU STINK AT PLANNING
You want to be that organized homeschool mama with a spreadsheet, and a plan, and neat little kiddos with ironed shirts. But let me tell you something: spreadsheets are overrated….
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HOMESCHOOL MAMA KARA FLECK
There’s something I love about peeking into the virtual windows of other homeschool mamas and seeing how they make this thing work. Today I’m going to show you a…
101 REASONS WHY HOMESCHOOLING IS HARD…AND WHY IT’S SO WORTH IT ANYWAY
If you homeschool, you already know homeschooling is hard. If you’re thinking about homeschooling and think it’s not, let me warn you…it is. You’re trying to make the decision whether…
36 OF THE BEST CHILDREN’S + YOUNG ADULT BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES
Books made into movies are some of my favorite movies to watch with my kids. For a while, I felt I could really embrace our family’s love of movie watching…
WINTER OLYMPICS HOMESCHOOL IDEAS
I was 12 years old when I watched Oksana Baiul skate to Swan Lake across the ice in Lillehammer, Norway. The house would have had to have started on fire…
COLONIAL LIFE BOOKS + RESOURCES
There were so many terrific colonial life books to choose from for our recent unit study. We used Homeschool in the Woods as our spine for our colonial life unit…
HOW TO PLAN A UNIT STUDY WITH HOMESCHOOL IN THE WOODS
How to plan a unit study?? I get this question a lot. I won’t beat around the bush. The planning part of a unit study does take some effort on…
HOMESCHOOL IN THE WOODS STUDY REVIEW: COLONIAL LIFE
Unit studies can be really hard to plan. I’ve always said I want our unit studies touch on all our senses and incorporate great books, hands-on projects, movies, good food…
BOARD GAMES FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Board games for preschoolers has never been high on by “to buy” list. I tend to be a bit on the impatient side, BUT we’ve recently found some board games…
Courses · Homeschool · Learning Well · Nature
NATURE KIDS WINTER: STUDYING THE BEAUTY OF COLD WEATHER
Doing a winter nature study can be tricky. Studying nature is one of my favorite things to do with my kids in our homeschool. We love to watch the birds…
COZY HOMESCHOOL: LESSON PLANS FOR OUR WINTER SESSION
You’ve heard me talk about cozy homeschool before and how amazing you can make your winter homeschool lesson plans. Because I wonder if you might be curious like I always…
CREATING A USEFUL HOMESCHOOL LESSON PLANNER
We all have different opinions about planners and homeschool lesson planners are no different. We all want and need something very specific. Regardless of how we feel about specifics, we…
HOUSEKEEPING TIPS FOR THE BUSY HOMESCHOOL MAMA
One thing that “regular” school mamas have on us homeschool mamas is about seven hours a day to turn their house to rights while the kids are away. Homeschool mamas…
OUR LAURA INGALLS WILDER ROAD TRIP
Recently, I rounded up my little pioneers, loaded into our (station) wagon and headed west for a Laura Ingalls Wilder road trip. We were searching for open spaces, free government…
Homeschool · import · Learning Well · Math · Reviews
CREATURE QUEST MATH GAME
I love finding fun things to strew around the house for my kids to find and entertain themselves with. New card games, books, art supplies–these are all great ideas. But…
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