Do Mornings Well! "Win the Morning, Win the Day!" I see this quoted often in books, on blogs, Instagram feeds, and Facebook pages that are dedicated to productivity, entrepreneurship, personal growth, and habit development. I'm not an entrepreneur, but I'm a bit of a productivity/habit/organization nerd, and over the last several months, I've been wondering [...]
Summer had a certain “feel” growing up; it started with that walk home on the last day of school. Two months seemed endless and I welcomed, even as a kid, the change of pace. Bedtime was later, sleeping in was the norm, mornings were lazy, and we spent huge amounts of time [...]
Stories stick! They are a great educational tool and math stories are no exception. I have read that facts are more easily remembered when they are part of a story and they are remembered more accurately. I've really enjoyed reading through these math picture books with my children. We use them as part of our [...]
Subjects that are seen as "extra-curricular" can be the first to slide when life gets busy and sadly, I am guilty of this. You don't have to look very far to find research that will encourage you to make art a regular component of your homeschool life so I encourage you to think through how [...]
It’s March and I live in British Columbia so when I look out my window it’s spring. I have a favorite season but overall, I simply get excited about the changes that all the seasons bring. A new season naturally brings changes to weather, wardrobe, and activities but I like to purposefully exhaust as many [...]
Gail Gibbons books are a favourite amongst homeschoolers and this trio is packed with information and great pictures. We'll be adding to our Solar System unit this year with some colouring pages, notebooking pages, and of course constructing the solar system is a classic homeschool activity. We've used balloons, lego, or playdough over the years [...]
Picture books are a wonderful way to introduce your children to all kinds of topics. The selection of quality picture books is amazing and reading aloud to your children is such a natural and gentle way for your children to learn. I can't encourage you enough to be purposeful in carving out a designated read-aloud [...]
A stack of books to help you teach through the month of March. I find this such a fun way to learn something new. World Water Day From Brook to Ocean Water Dance Down Comes the Rain Celebrate Spring Karl, Get Out of the Garden The Reasons for the Seasons How Does a Seed Sprout [...]
Many of these book covers take me back to my childhood. I always looked for Bill Peet books in my school library to sign out. Kermit the Hermit The Wump World Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure Farewell to Shady Glade Chester the Worldly Pig The Ant and the Elephant Buford the Little Bighorn The Gnats of Knotty [...]
Big Red Barn Gift this book alongside a farm animal colouring book and a fresh box of crayons. Or you could pick up a few animal figures to go with it. Snow A fresh stack of white paper, a new pair of scissors, and a copy of this book is all you need for a [...]
The Mitten Katy and the Big Snow Snow Stopping By Snow on a Snowy Evening Snowflake Bentley Owl Moon Snow is Falling White Snow, Bright Snow Winter on the Farm Snowman-Cold=Puddle Brave Irene
Tough choice here..... Travel through history. Circumnavigate the globe in Magellan's World, then voyage around the bottom of Africa in A Long and Uncertain Journey, see your way through the impenetrable fog and crushing ice in Beyond the Sea of Ice, and finally, travel from Montreal to the Gulf of Mexico via the Great Lakes and the Mississippi in Despite [...]
