OUR CURRICULUM 2015-2016
There’s been a lot of work going on in the school room, but not so much with actual school. I have yet to order anything and I still have lots…
A REVIEW OF OUR 7TH YEAR OF HOMESCHOOLING
Today we’re putting a nice little bow on the seventh year of our homeschooling journey and packing it away. It’s been an irregular year, but now with a fresh, new…
WHAT I’VE LEARNED THIS SCHOOL YEAR
It’s been quite the school year, there’s no question about that. We moved across the country, we hung out for five months with family, did school in their basement, house…
VIKINGS UNIT STUDY
This school year has been interrupted time and time again with traveling and moving and lots of unknowns. It looks like we’ll be studying the Middle Ages again next year,…
EVOLVED HOMESCHOOLING: Don’t Stay the Same
People ask me all the time how long we will homeschool. Will we homeschool all the way through? Will we attempt to homeschool through high school? My answer is…
5 WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, MAMA
I’ve noticed something around here, and you’ve probably noticed it too. When the going gets tough in our homes, or maybe even when things are just going, we’re the last…
SCRAPPING THE LESSON PLANS
If you’ve been here longer than five minutes, you know I’m a planner, right? An organizer of sorts. Planning a new school year has become such an anticipated occasion each summer. I…
HOMESCHOOLING DURING A MOVE
A month ago, I pictured myself happily packing boxes while my three big kids sat nearby working on their math lessons while the baby ate snacks and watched Baby Einstein–the…
STEPPING AWAY FROM THE LESSON PLANNER
Today applies to everyone, even mamas without a lesson planner. Because if you don’t have a lesson planner, you probably have a regular planner and if you do have both,…
OUR HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM CHOICES 2014-15: REVISED
The best thing about homeschooling is having the ability to change our minds…and our homeschool curriculum choices. I have said over and over that homeschooling provides the most amazing of…
FRIDAY BUSINESS MEETING
I have so many fun things to talk about, I thought I’d lump ’em all together into one cute lump and share it all at once before I inevitably forget. …
WHY WE NEED A REFRESH BUTTON
Even a job you dearly love can be draining and exhausting. Even though I love being with my kids and teaching them everyday, I’m tired. I find myself lingering…
THE ART OF FALL: MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
Happy Tuesday, friends! I just wanted to pop in quick today and let you know about an art course I am really really excited about…The Art of Fall: Mixed Media…
ONE WEEK DOWN
This week has been anticipated for half the summer. So much planning and organizing goes into the first week of school. Books are ordered, school room is set up, copies…
BACK TO ROUTINE: THE FALL PLAN
The weather this week has been absolutely divine–cool with a hint of fall, matching exactly with the mood of the hustle and bustle of readying schedules and the school room. I’ve gotten bitten by the…
OUR SCHOOL ROOM
The “School To Do” list received a grandiose checkmark this weekend as I put the last nail in the wall in our school room. Among other things, I worked…
OUR HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM CHOICES 2014-2015
Let me preface by stating that our homeschool curriculum choices for this year were not as easy as it usually is for me. The only reason is this: I have a…
MRS. HUTCHINSON’S LESSON PLANNER
I am so excited to announce that my lesson planner is here! I’ve been working it get it ready before August, and even though I have nothing–and I mean nothing…
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