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The Call of the Wild + Free Review
The Call of the Wild + Free is really big in the homeschool community at the moment. Wild and free are both words I use to describe my children, who can most often be found running around in various degrees of dirty, squealing happily. I picked up the book with this in mind, wondering in…
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Our Morning Basket
The importance of starting each morning with family read-alouds has been discussed by many authors and educators, but my first introduction to the concept of “morning time”, or a “morning basket” was via Pam Barnhill. What is a morning basket? A morning basket, as defined by Barnhill is, “a time in the day when everyone…
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Psalms-Based Summer Camp
I can already feel summer coming to an end. I have loved these warm days spent playing in the sun, and decided to spend a few days this week hosting a ‘summer camp’ for my two children and my two little sisters, aged 1-8. Come Follow Me Study Idea My church has a home-study curriculum…
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Awaking Wonder Review
Every child is a miracle. Every single one. Each is born as a seedbed of potential for loving, thinking, creating, giving, working, and so much more. Yet they also come into the world fragile, vulnerable, and dependent on those would care for their needs and shape their foundations for life– their physical, emotional and mental…
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Cowboy Charlie Review and Activity
Cowboy Charlie by Jeanette Winter is a fun, cute picture book biography of Charles Marion Russell. When I opened the book to read it to my preschooler, I had no idea that it was a biography at all, but I was delighted to find that it was about a real person after all. Cowboy Charlie…
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Parenting With Love and Logic Review
Parenting is hard. It just is. We’re in the thick of boundary-testing with Millie, our almost-three-year-old, and boy is it tricky! I picked up Parenting With Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay on a recommendation from a close friend. She explained that it helps her to parent with, well, love and logic.…
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Twenty-One Steps Review
Memorial Day is often overshadowed by the beginning of summer festivities. I want to raise my children to observe Memorial Day as a somber day of remembrance for fallen soldiers, but it’s an overwhelming topic. How can I teach my young children how to respect fallen soldiers without talking about what it means to be…
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Ants Mini Study
In our family, we try to follow the kids’ interests and explore whatever topics they’re curious about. Ants are out in full force right now, and Millie is fascinated by them. So, last week we decided to do a mini study and learn more about these tiny little guys. To begin, we read the chapters…
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Crow Not Crow Review
Although spring is unfolding quite slowly this year in the PNW, the birds have returned. My daughter has always been fascinated by birds. Back in Rexburg the only birds we saw on a regular basis were crows, but every time she saw one she’d have to stop to call, “Mommy! Look! A caw-caw!” Naturally, when…
Up the Mountain
Preschool and parenting literature, elevated
Up the Mountain 