You know when the new school year starts up sometimes it feels like you’re missing out with all the back to school pictures. Yet we forget as Homeschoolers we can do anything we want like first day pictures as well as doing a Back to HOMESCHOOL party! I think creating your own first day traditions…
How I’m Pre-Reading for our Charlotte Mason Homeschool Year
Have you heard the term “Pre-Reading” floating around Charlotte Mason homeschoolers? Well on the surface it’s exactly what it sounds like. You’re reading the books ahead of your children. And it’s not just for Charlotte Mason Homeschoolers but is used a lot by those using her methods. But it goes much deeper and using pre-reading…
Living Books: Graphic Novel Edition
Graphic Novels are a bit shunned in the Homeschooling World especially the CM circles. I’m not surprised, there are quite a lot of harmful twaddle out there marketed towards children but not really child friendly. I was determined to see if I could find “Living Books” in the Graphic Novel Category. My criteria was to…
Year 1/ First Grade Year in Review
A look back on Year 1 or around first grade if you’re not familiar with the Charlotte Mason way of things. We wrapped up Year 1 for Ambleside Online last week and I’ve just been going back through my plans and what they were at the beginning vs what we actually did. I’m pleased that…
Curriculum Picks for 2024-2025 Year 2 and Pre-K
I’m so excited to share our Curriculum picks, each year brings new joys and wonder! We will be using Ambleside Online once again, you can check out my Year 1 end review (I’ll link it here once it’s up) to learn more about how Year 1 went. For my Preschooler I’m actually going to share…