This year it’s Handel’s Messiah, Christmas Carols, Symbols of Christ, and some fun hands-on activities for our cozy read-alouds…

If you’re new to Christmas school it is a time where many homeschoolers set aside or lighten their core load of work to focus more on learning about Christ or doing some fun Christmas-themed learning units.

The weather has shifted and I have been anxious to cozy up with our favorite fall books and settle in with some fun seasonal art projects.

We got some new bookshelves and I’m breaking down how I organized all of our books!

Since it’s a leap year I thought it would be fun to round up 29 fantastic picture books that are fun to read in the month of February.

A round-up of 10 gift lists for your little learners!

This post has my favorite advent recommendation and lots of ideas for Christmas school - including what we’ll be doing this year.

I’ve got some cute thanksgiving printables to share with you on this post + all the details for printing!

If you’ve ever wondered about how to create community or more about my Mothers of Influence group, this post is full of answers to many of the FAQs I’ve received.

How and what we’re using to celebrate Holy Week this year.

March usually means Green Eggs and Ham, Ireland, little leprechauns, frogs, and weather around here! We love to bring in everything green this time of year!

A few of our favorite Valentine books and a little look into how we’ve celebrated Valentine’s the last couple of years.

Some of our favorites for the Christmas season.

We read more in November. The cooler weather and the first snow storms begin to tuck us in for the winter. Today I’m sharing some of our favorite books to read this time of year. But, first I wanted to chat a little bit about home libraries and why collecting seasonal books have become important to us.

Since our time with My Tech High we’ve been given about $6000 in reimbursement funds for educational materials. In this post I am breaking down some of our favorite things and also organizing them by items that can double up as holiday or birthday gifts.

I wasn’t quite sure the direction I wanted to head this year for Christmas School, but once I sat down and started to look at what we had, it all came together so nicely and we’re really excited for the next few weeks! We will be taking a break from all our other subjects and units and just focusing on all of these areas.

Here are a few recommendations we love to pull out during November:

Happy Love Day! Here is a little look into our learning shelf and what we used this year!

I wish I had words to adequately describe what the Chronicles of Narnia have come to mean to me. This was such a special unit for us.

My first go at it with an at-home learning shelf!