How to Benefit From Elders (Older Folk) To Teach Our Kids

Whether we’re 3 or 30 or 87, making cools things with our hands (or voices, or bodies, or minds all creativity counts!) is good for the soul. Try as we might, though, we can’t teach our children everything. One incredible way to out-source education is to take lessons from elders in your community. Our elders […]
Building Resilience in Children

Did you know that resilience is a learned trait? That means that at any point in a persons life, they can learn to be more resilient. As parents, it is our job to be proactive in building resilience in children. The people who we go through the hardest experiences with, are many times the ones […]
8 TIPS to Create A Reading Culture In Your Home

Creating a reading culture in your home can take a long time to create, but the results will have a great influence on your kids for the rest of their lives. If you want your child to love to read and to read well, you need to be intentional about creating a reading culture in […]
DIY Face Mask Pattern FOR KIDS

There may come a time in the near future that anyone who goes out in public will have to wear a mask. Not only to protect themselves, but also to protect others to help prevent the spread of this crazy Coronavirus that is spreading all over the world. I have created a face mask pattern […]
The Importance of Family Work

Hi there–how are you doing? We live in exciting and crazy times, don’t we? Even those of us who already homeschooled prior to COVID-19 surely can feel the effects of social distancing and business closures. I’ve seen so many good things come from this difficult time and many, many hard things as well. I hope […]
Tips for Outdoor & Backyard Play

Play time is essential for healthy development in children–that much is clear from mountains of research. Play allows children to organize their thoughts, build neural connections, and develop empathy for others. Outdoor play has the added benefits of improving the immune system and building strong muscle attachments and strengthening bones. So how do we get […]
