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

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.

Looking outside our back living room windows, we can see the dusting of red treetops beginning to work their way down the mountainsides. Fall is here and it’s time to pull out some of our favorite books!

Since meals come around all day everyday, here are a few things that have helped our kids be a little more independent when it comes to the kitchen.

I’m guilty of loving all things school items and a cute calendar is no exception. Over the years, I have used a few different calendars to help our children develop a sense of time and just depending on your space I have loved them all!

The toddler years can be rough — throw in trying to homeschool older children — and it’s a whole new level of challenging. Here are 10 things I’ve learned over the last few years.

This is our first unit study of the year. If you’re new around here, I like to dive deeper into one unit at a time and right now we’re doing all things birds!

Our first day back to homeschool 2022 with all the links and details.

Short and simple post on our handwriting basket and what’s in it.

A little peek into what our daily school routine looks like.

I have a bunch of things on hand for pre-school because at this age children are so eager to learn. We love to rotate between a few different resources so here are some of my favorites I am pulling from for 2022-2023.

We loved our Zoology unit from Elemental Science. At first, I was hesitant to study animals for an extensive amount of time, but my twin girls and pre-schooler soaked it up and I am surprised by how much fun we had.

I’ve always had a Montessori flare to my parenting and teaching style. These are some of the favorite items we use for our home and learning environments

We have a few little stations around our home that help organize materials we frequently use. From morning work to reading stations to inside my son’s desk - I’m showing a few of the areas and materials we are using right now.

Ever since we decided to homeschool, I have struggled a bit on how to handle nostalgic events. Do we get go back to school shopping? What about school plays? Are my kids missing out on the fun holiday class parties? And, one of the bigger ones, what about the first and last days of school?

Ever wanted to set up a learning shelf? Here is a detailed post on one way I like to set up a themed shelf filled with lots of invitations to learn!

This year we decided to take the first couple of days back to school and do a few All About Me activities

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