Motherhood

Homeschooling | Motherhood | Planning

Homeschool Reflections: Our Journey So Far

We are at the beginning of October, we all have a few weeks of homeschool under our belts and now is a good time to evaluate where we are at and how things are going. And more specifically to relieve some of the stress that we might be feeling. If you are overwhelmed, something needs…

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Creativity | Family Culture | Motherhood

Nurturing Creativity in the Heart of Motherhood

Creativity is imprinted in our DNA it seems. Motherhood itself is creative, I mean these cute little persons around us didn’t just appear… But what I would love to talk about is the need that we have as mothers to keep creating. We have this urge to keep bringing beauty into the world through many…

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A Daily Picture Book has helped me simplify (and look forward to) our morning time. In the past, I have tried to do too much during this part of our school day. I am grateful to be able to not have to put the brainwork into deciding what to do. I simply pick the book selections we can do and any manageable craft/recipe selections for that day. Sometimes it ends up just being the book and that works too as my boys have really enjoyed the selections! It brings me peace of mind that the books are factually sound so if we miss other history, geography, etc. for the day, at least they've gotten a gem of knowledge from our morning time.
Melissa