Author: admin
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Do You Hate Freezer Meals? Three Reasons to Try Them Anyway
I used to hate make-ahead freezer meals. They never, ever appealed to me. But now? Now I can’t stop talking about how much better they are. We’ve been freezer-cooking for six or seven months now and I can’t say enough good things about it.
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Memoria Press: My New Favourite
Disclaimer: Memoria Press sent me curriculum to use with my three kids in exchange for some posts on my blog. You can trust that all opinions are my own and that my blog posts will be a true reflection of our experience. Her eyes opened in disbelief. “You’re taking away my FAVOURITE SUBJECT?!?” That was the reaction of…
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How to Homeschool: Start for Under $100
Homeschooling can be expensive — especially if you panic and buy the first curriculum you see! However, it’s possible to start homeschooling for under $100, leaving room in your budget to buy the perfect curriculum once you’ve decided on how to homeschool your children. “How do you do it?” It’s a question that I get…
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The Feastetarian Diet
Is there such thing as a Christian diet? Have you ever heard of “Christian food”? I’ve heard that Catholics eat fish on Fridays, and my friends that are Seventh Day Adventists don’t eat pork, but beyond that, I don’t know of any diet specific to Christianity. So I made up my own. It might have…
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The Curriculum that Convinced Me to Try Classical
I cannot wait to show you the books that I got from Memoria Press last month. Prefer video? I posted over on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/unhurriedhome/videos/2501952999830348/ Disclaimer: Memoria Press sent me a box filled with curriculum to use with my three kids (three?!?!) in exchange for some posts on my blog (yay!). You can trust that all…
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Why We Moved from (Mostly) Charlotte Mason to (Pretty Much Just) Classical
I never expected to end up with a classical homeschool curriculum for my kids. I certainly never expected that I would love it so much. But I do. I love talking about the Greeks and Romans and learning Latin and reading old books and I’m so in my homeschool happy place right now. A few…
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Using Scent to Create Daily Rhythm
I love the idea of gently guiding children through a daily homeschooling routine using more than just words. For example, parents could use essential oils to reinforce a daily rhythm by picking one or two blends and briefly diffusing them at the same time each day. Do you use essential oils? I love them because (a)…
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A Homeschool Uniform
This week I’m posting five different laid-back ways to add structure to your homeschooling life. Today, I’m suggesting that you embrace a homeschool uniform. Wait — really? Honestly, it’s not something I ever would have come up with myself, but last year my oldest daughter River told me that she would like to have a…
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How Meal Planning Helps Anxious Kids
This week I’m writing about simple ways that you can add structure to your homeschooling life. Look. I know that children — my children — thrive on structure, but as a hopelessly disorganized homeschooling mom, I struggle to give my kids that structure that they crave. It doesn’t come naturally to me. If my kids went…
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Resources for Anglican/Episcopalian Homeschoolers
The Church of England website says that the Anglican faith is the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the Easter Orthodox and the Catholic Church. There are over 80 million of us … and maybe six of us homeschool? At least, that’s what it feels like sometimes… But you’re here now, and I…