Over the last few weeks I've come face to face with all of flaws and weaknesses. It hasn't been very fun, and it hasn't made me feel very good about myself. On a bad day, with all of my faults glaringly obvious and larger-than-life, it seems like the gap between who I am and who … Continue reading The gift of self- improvement
On finding my own home education philosophy
Its been quite the process to figure out exactly how I want to approach home education. It hasn't been easy, and I'm not even sure where I've landed now is very permanent. But it feels right. After lots of prayerful thought and study, I set out to implement a Charlotte Mason* inspired approach to education … Continue reading On finding my own home education philosophy
A little update
I've been pretty absent from my blog for a while. To be honest, I haven't had much to write about. Well, that's not necessarily true. Let me rephrase: a lot has been going on in our life, but I haven't been sure of how to write about it or I wanted to write about it. … Continue reading A little update
Recent Kid Lit faves
We always have a rotating collection of picture books from the library and these are some of our recent favorites. The bear books by Karma Wilson (Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More, Bear Feels Scared...) All of these books, with their rhyming text and adorable animal illustrations, are just delightful. If you've never read these, … Continue reading Recent Kid Lit faves
Our Ninja Week
A few months ago Porter starting taking tae kwon do lessons. To say that he loves it would be an understatement, it is the highlight of his week. He's sure that he's going to be a ninja when he grows up. He said to me the other day while we were on our way to … Continue reading Our Ninja Week
February Reads
I can hardly believe that today is the last day of February. Spring doesn't really arrive in my part of the world until April, but March at least brings milder temperatures and longer days. I love that its getting lighter in the mornings. And soon we'll have the hope of spring at least. This month … Continue reading February Reads
Our First Magic Treehouse unit study: ancient China for “Day of the Dragon King”
As part of my experimentation to figure out what works best for us in our kindergarten year of homeschool, and after a read aloud chapter book fail, I decided to do something I knew Porter would like. Something I had actually been wanting to try for a long time. I made up a unit study … Continue reading Our First Magic Treehouse unit study: ancient China for “Day of the Dragon King”
January Reads
I read two books and listened to three audio books in January. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (audio) This was an engrossing and well told story, it would make an excellent vacation read. Evelyn Hugo is a very private famous actress who asks a struggling writer hardly anyone has heard … Continue reading January Reads
How Madeleine L’Engle is helping me understand Doubt
For quite some time now I've been grappling with some pretty serious doubts and questions in regards to my religion (I'm Mormon). This has been particularly difficult because in our religious culture we tend not to be very open about our doubts and questions. Its a bit of a taboo subject really, we just don't … Continue reading How Madeleine L’Engle is helping me understand Doubt
My Best Reads of 2017
I'm happy to say that I read/listened to 46 book in 2017. It was hard to bring the final cut of favorites down to 5 (hence the honorable mentions at the end), and so I set as my reference point how likely I would be to re-read these books and how enthusiastically (not how widely) … Continue reading My Best Reads of 2017
