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…
FINGERPAINTING
When I was a younger, inexperienced, first-time mom, the thought of messy activities with my baby petrified me. Like many first-time moms(before the days of social media and readily available internet), I scoured parenting and baby magazines. My favorite was Family Fun. I have no idea which year or which exact magazine it was, but…
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
I am not going to pretend to like bugs. I do not.However, I have to admit, that for children, bugs are exciting and intriguing. I first realized this when I was a preschool teacher and our themes were chosen for us. When I saw “bugs” on the list, I debated calling in sick for the…
LEGOS
Quite a few years ago, we attended a birthday party for a little boy my daughter’s age. When I asked the boy’s mom what things he liked, so I could purchase him a gift, she told me LEGOS. It was his obsession and how he spent every free minute he had. She went on to…
Incorporating Superheroes Into Your Homeschool
In case you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, it’s impossible to deny the popularity of superheroes right now. At first, this was not a bandwagon I cared to jump onto. I am not a fan of superheroes in any way, shape or form. However, I do see the appeal for children of all…
Gardening
Let’s start thinking about gardening. With the sun finally starting to shine through this time of year, temperatures slowly rising, and seeing the first buds and blooms of the season is the time to think about gardening. Now I have to be honest, growing up in the city, gardening wasn’t anything I’ve ever been familiar…
EASTER FUN FOR ALL AGES
Ever since my children were born, I’ve enjoyed making each holiday as special as possible. Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays because there was less commercial pressure than during other holidays to spend money on silly, unnecessary items. Today I’m going to share with you some ways I’ve tried to make Easter…
