In this post, I walk through our daily homeschool schedule on a typical day for us right now. It’s second semester of second grade for my 6-year-old daughter. I have a 2.5-year-old and a newborn who turns 1 month old this week. Due to the nature of having a newborn, I feel like I’m awake…
Montessori Recommended Reading for Parents
In today’s post, I’m giving you the best Montessori books for parents. I’m rating several of my Montessori reads from the past several years. This includes what I consider the best Montessori education books for any parent interested in Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy and how they can apply it with their children. NOTE: When reading…
10 Tips for Encouraging Kids to be Life-long Readers
In today’s post, I talk about all things kids and books and why I already know my children will be life-long readers. Here are my top 10 tips for encouraging kids to be readers: 1. Daily Read-Alouds If you’re in the homeschool space, you’ve probably heard of Sarah Mackenzie and The Read-Aloud Family – her…
Effective Music Practice at Home
If you have a kid taking music lessons, you understand how easy it is to go from 0 to Miserable in 3.4 seconds. Today I’m sharing my top tips for keeping music practice at home both effective and fun for young students. My oldest daughter started taking violin lessons from a Suzuki-certified teacher a few…
Getting Back into a Homeschool Routine – Winter Break
In this post, I talk about getting back into the homeschool routine after winter break, the two different approaches and why I’m team Cold Turkey. In the last few weeks, our family has celebrated Christmas and New Year’s, been blessed with another daughter and experienced a mini snow storm. Obviously, the snow storm was the…
