Pierce - 5th grade, Aliza - 3rd grade We have officially started our new school year! The weather is blazing hot, the grass is crunchy, and the mosquitoes are on the prowl... so we are getting back to our books. I'm gonna say this next part...
We just recently visited Smoky Mountain National Park for the second time, we are so thankful to live so close to such an amazing park! I have to admit, when we first visited, I expected it to be a bigger version of all the state parks...
"I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all." Laura Ingalls Wilder Our year spent reading through 'The Little House' series was magical. Aliza instantly fell head over heels for these books and seeing...
The neighborhood I grew up in was like most neighborhoods, to the outsider there would appear to be nothing special about where we lived. But, what they couldn't tell from the road, was what was going on in this small community. We played outside all the...
"Reading is a passport to countless adventures." Mary Pope Osborne After spending a year adventuring through the country in our imaginations - riding horseback with cowboys, following Sacagawea through the west, and playing with Laura on the prairie, there was one thing we all wished for...
Pierce - 4th, Aliza - 2nd Having studied early American history and European history the previous two years, it worked out perfectly to study the late 1800's-1960's this year. It's right where we had left off with both American and European history! This year was a...
So, this is how it all started… We were in the museum under The Gateway Arch. We had just finished a wonderful year of homeschooling, one I think the kids and I will always look on fondly, walking through early American history and reading the Little...
Pierce - 3rd grade, Aliza - 1st grade Knowing how much we now loved The Peaceful Press, it wasn't hard to decide what to choose the following year. But, I will admit, at first the thought of learning about Medieval times and European history didn't really...
To say we loved our year studying early American history with The Playful Pioneers would be a gross understatement. Pierce was in the 2nd grade, Aliza in Kindergarten, and I knew I wanted to do all of our studies outside of math and reading together as...
