Category: Homeschool
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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 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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Use Music to Give Your Homeschool Days a Rhythm
Until River was about 3 or 4, we played the CBC on our radio pretty much all day long. (The CBC is Canada’s public broadcaster, like the BBC in Britain.) I was working on a degree in Political Science at the time, and I liked to keep on top of what was happening in the world.…
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Five Laid-Back Ways to Add Structure to your Homeschool Days
Do you pick a “word of the year” each January? I tried it last year, and my word was STRUCTURE. It was a good word, I think. In fact, it was such a good word that I made it my word of the year this year too. And I fully intend to do it again next…
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Wayfarers + ELTL: STILL My Picks for our Charlotte Mason-Inspired Homeschool
Update (April 29): Intersted in Wayfarers and ELTL? I’m writing a review of the year RIGHT NOW. Join my Facebook page to be notified when it’s published. Last week my nine-year-old asked when we’d be starting school again. “Why, are you ready now?” I asked, half-jokingly. “Yes.” she replied, dead serious. My first thought was:…