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Easy Ways to Learn Geography
Easy Ways to Learn Geography I’ve said it before, and I’ll probably say it again, but the very best ideas are often the most simple ones. I’m here to share a super-easy and fun way to sneak in some...
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The Lost Art of Play
The Lost Art of Play I recently had two separate doctor appointments, with kids in tow of course, and I ended up having essentially the same conversation one week apart. It was sort of surreal and I...
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Brave Writer Poetry Teatimes
Brave Writer Poetry Teatimes My Uncle John gave me a copy of A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein for Christmas 1987. My Aunt Ruth and Aunt Blanche gave me a worn poetry anthology way-back-when. I...
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Make Your Own Map and Treasure Hunt
Make Your Own Map and Treasure Hunt Oh my gosh, you guys. Sometimes, the most simple ideas end up spreading the most joy. Isn’t this so true of parenting in general? Just think about Christmas and...
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Make Your Own Pirate Map
Make Your Own Pirate Map Two years ago, my trio dressed up like pirates for Halloween. Well, if we’re getting technical here, we had a pirate, a pirate princess, and a pirate-parrot (read: a parrot...
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Learning about Landforms with Play Dough
Learning about Landforms with Play Dough We’ve been having a blast exploring the world of map skills and geography. Recently, we made some map vocabulary flash cards. We were using them one afternoon...
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Map Vocabulary Flash Cards
Map Vocabulary Flash Cards For quite some time now, my children have been interested in maps. They love to collect them, create them, go on treasure hunts using them, and read about them. I saw this...
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How to Balance Your Needs AND Your Kids’ Needs while Homeschooling
How to Balance Your Needs AND Your Kids’ Needs while Homeschooling Let me tell you, folks. Trying to balance your needs and the needs of your children is an age-old problem for mothers, and it only...
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40 Sites To Bookmark if Your Child is Gifted
Parenting a gifted or twice-exceptional child can be a challenge. I wouldn’t change our journey for the world, but parenting and educating our PG/2E son has been one of our life’s greatest challenges....
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6 Books for Teaching Map Skills
6 Books for Teaching Map Skills My kids love maps. You might even say that my kiddos are obsessed with maps. When my children are passionate about a topic – and especially when they are passionate...
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5 Must-Read Posts for the Homeschool Mom
It’s September, and we’re deep into that traditional first month of school. Some of us are rocking this homeschooling gig, others are flying by the seat of their pants, some are muddling through, and...
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This Too Shall Pass… but in the meantime, I’m asking for help
If there is anything I’ve learned from my almost 7 and a half years of this motherhood gig, it is that there will be highs and there will be lows. We’re in a LOW, folks. This too shall pass. I’ll say...
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Everyday Autism by Shawna Wingert
Early on in our gifted-twice-exceptional-suddenly-unexpectedly-homeschooling-journey, I stumbled upon Shawna Wingert’s blog, Not the Former Things. I immediately connected with Shawna’s story. I fell...
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Poolside STEM
Poolside STEM We had a fantastic summer. I truly feel that we savored every drop of summer this year. I’m sad to see it go, but I am happy that we made so many memories and new friends. As the days get...
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Teaching Kids to Code
Teaching Kids to Code What is coding? Put simply, coding is the language of computers. Learning to code is like learning a foreign language. Leo often calls it Computer Talk, and that is a wonderful...
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A Tale of Three Readers
A Tale of Three Readers This week, I had my first conference with T’s kindergarten teacher. After our initial greeting, her first question was an astonished, “So when did T start reading?” T started...
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A Month of Thankful Books
A Month of Thankful Books I cannot even believe that we are talking about November, can you? This fall is going by in the blink of an eye, even though I’m trying to savor every drop. November is always...
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The Weight of the World: Helping Little Kids Effect BIG Change
Lately, Leo has been losing quite a bit of sleep over global warming. That apple, man! It does not fall far! *Disclosure: I received several of these books at no cost from Candlewick Press. I was not...
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Marvel Universe Live: Marveling at Our Journey
Oh my gosh, you guys. Have I got a story for you! Do you remember when I wrote this post about how my oldest has struggled with sensory stuff since birth, but that we were finally able to go glow...
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NaNoWriMo in Your Homeschool
It’s that time of year again, folks! November is here. It’s NaNoWriMo time! Tell me, do you use NaNoWriMo in your homeschool? What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. For...
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