Homeschooling is such a grand adventure – it will challenge you, but the beauty and the blessing in the midst of it is profound. You have an opportunity to learn right along-side your children and lay the foundation for a life-long learning pursuit for them.
Here are some of my most popular posts related to embracing a lifestyle of learning and thriving in the homeschool journey.
General Homeschool Encouragement
Cultivated Learning – my philosophy of education
Why Children Need that Book Read Over and Over and Over Again
10 Things Homeschooling Has Taught Me About… Myself
Homeschooling: Why Socialization Matters
Incognito Testing: A Homeschool Mom’s Secret Weapon
What a Typical Day {Sometimes} Looks Like (Elementary Age Edition)
How to Support Your Wife in Homeschooling
Including Little One’s in Your Homeschool
How to Encourage Open-Ended Play and Why it Matters
The feed for ALL of my homeschool posts
Check out the Life-Long Readers page with all kinds of resources for building a culture that values reading in your home, including links and info to help with pre-readers.
10 Days to Boosting Brain Power Series
How We Utilize Brain Breaks in Our Home
Want to Optimize Learning: Let Them Move
Thinking OUTside the School Desk
How to Encourage Open-Ended Play and Why it Matters
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Below are some resources relating to each of my workshops that you might find helpful!
Knights in Training: Raising Boys Up into Men
Adventure Books that Build a Boys Faith
5 Great “Faith Building” Chapter Book Series for Boys
Fight for Focus – utilizing Brain Breaks
Resources for the Quest
Knights Code of Chivalry Printable Poster
Knights Code of Chivalry Progress Chart
Book List for the Chivalry Challenge
Chores Kids Can Do By Age – excerpt from the book
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For those of you homeschooling with toddlers and preschoolers, check out my special preschool/kinder resource page just for this special season in a child’s life! You’ll find free downloads for preschool and kindergarten skills checklists as well as a free download of pre-reading skill development!
It was such a delight to talk to you all about the beauty of Nature Walks! It really is science made simple and natural and fun and, and, and…
I wanted to give you some more resources as you embark on this life-long adventure of taking nature walks and delighting in the outdoors!
Nature Walk Ideas: I threw out a bunch of ideas during the presentation and I wanted to give you a list and brief summary of the ways you can incorporate nature walks with your family.
Nature Walks and Nature Exploration:
10 Reasons Why You Should Go Outside EVERYDAY!
Nature Mapping the Neighborhood and a Nursery Fieldtrip
Gifts that Spark Nature Explorations: A Nature Walk Bag
Daily Outdoors Challenge Posts
How Active Play Boosts Brain Power
100+ Easy and Fun Creative Nature Walks – I love this amazing resource. If you are wanting to include more nature walks and utilizing the natural world in your learning adventures, than this resource is a great go-to guide that will help keep your nature walks fresh, exciting, and rich without the investment of planning on your part.