{Being intentional is so much easier done when we slow down and really look around us. Personally, we spend a lot of time in nature, partly because we follow a Charlotte Mason education, but mostly because it keeps us intentional in our thoughts and actions. I invite you, in these Nature Study posts, to join … Continue reading Nature Study: Wild Grapes
We take our food for granted. Not just the food itself. But the whole idea of food. Growing it. Harvesting it. Sometimes even preparing it. I love gardening (please note I did not claim to be good at gardening). Ever since my kids were little, we’ve always had a patch of the yard dedicated to … Continue reading Nature’s Bounty
Many years ago, in a faraway land, my kids were uninspired by nature study (?!) and I knew next to NOTHING about natural history. I was a frustrated mama, eager to embrace the idea of observation and love of all things in nature but the methods I was using just weren’t touching the hearts of … Continue reading 2018 Coastal Bend Nature Challenge
Recently I posted this quote from Sammiches & Psych Meds on my Facebook page. For the first 9 years of having kids, I operated from the second perspective. Then beginning a year and a half ago, I felt some pressure to enroll my kids in a few extra-curricular activities. It started out innocently enough. A … Continue reading The Year We Signed Up…For Everything
So if you’ve ever sat down to read Charlotte Mason*’s original writings, you may have quickly set it back down and chosen a digested version of her thoughts instead. Her writing can be tough to read…especially for those of us that didn’t grow up in Victorian England. *a note to the reader: Charlotte Mason was … Continue reading A Charlotte Mason Plenary: Why It’s Totally Worth Checking Out
*Joey will be a guest here on the blog as he documents our Nature Challenge journey for 2016. The Challenge: Select your favorite nature spot in the Coastal Bend and create an activity that can be done by other teams in the area. Joey: I attended a Nature Journaling Class with Ms. Nicki Sohn at … Continue reading Coastal Bend Outdoor Challenge: Create Your Own
Homeschooling can sometimes feel a bit lonely. While surrounded by bright little minds all day long, with never a lack for conversation, I’m clearly not pining away for human contact. No, I’m talking about lonely in a bigger sense. There’s a big world out there and going against contemporary culture can easily leave one feeling … Continue reading A road less traveled…
A new school year is almost upon us. We begin our new adventure on August 1st and we’re all a bit excited. Here’s a peek into our upcoming year… Morning Time: Morning Time is really only the first 30 minutes of our day (after that we start to lose the attention of the little ones). … Continue reading 2016-2017 Plans
Wow, I thought I was long overdue when I wrote my first six weeks post…if that was overdue, I’m not sure what word to use to describe the timeliness of this post! We just finished our third six weeks (so that portion of this post is on time!). Here are the highights of both the … Continue reading The Second and Third Six Weeks
This post is LONG overdue. I meant to write it during our Fall break, back in early October. But that week was overtaken by rearranging rooms. We bought bunk beds for the boys, moved their room into the schoolroom, moved the schoolroom to the guest suite outside, and moved the guest room to the boys’ … Continue reading The First Six Weeks
With Every Intention 