I love books!I always have and I suspect I always will. While I was pregnant with my first child, I scoured garage sales, thrift stores, and used bookstores to build a library for her.I collected classics, books that I’d loved as a child, silly books, beautiful picture books, you name it, I had collected some.I…
Month: June 2019
FAMILY MEALTIME
From the time my children were very young, I placed a high priority on having a daily family mealtime. Having a family mealtime is not always an easy task when you try to balance homeschool events and schedules, job schedules, and extra curriculur activities. However, because these family mealtimes were so important to me, my…
SUMMER GAMES
When I think back on my childhood summers, nothing makes me smile more than recollecting all the fun, neighborhood summer games we’d play. Summer games were what got me out of bed at the crack of dawn each morning and kept me going until all the other neighborhood children went indoors. Outdoor summer games can…
Summer Journals
In my last blog post, I talked about the summer activity that I most enjoy participating in with my children, and that was making Summer Bucket Lists. You can find it here:https://learningisawayoflife.com/summer-bucket-lists/ To piggyback on those summer bucket lists, I love to have the kids keep summer journals. Many, many years ago, I was introduced…
Summer Bucket Lists
Bring on summer! I like to begin each summer by all sitting down together and making SUMMER BUCKET LISTS. My desire to do this is two-fold. First off, I work well with lists. I love making little boxes next to each item and checking them off as we complete each item. Secondly, my ideas list…
