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  • A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Spelling Wisdom and Using Language Well
  • A Review of ‘100+ Easy and Fun Creative Nature Walks’ and a coupon code just for you!
  • The Truth about our Plans
  • Homeschool,  Narration,  Notebooking

    How we incorporated Notebooking into our Homeschool Year

       I’m plugging away (just like so many of you, I’m sure) at planning for this coming year of homeschooling.  *smile* And a BIG part of my planning has been contemplating how we will approach Notebooking this year.    Notebooking has always been a part of our homeschool but in the past few years we have been much more intentional about it.  Especially this past school year when we starting using Notebooking for a lot more of our ‘work’. To see what got us started last year, check out these –   Here are some of my past Notebooking Posts: Simplifying and Enriching our Homeschool with Notebooking -Part 1 Simplifying…

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    Laying Down

    September 6, 2012

    Our Choices for Individual Studies / Morning Rotation

    August 11, 2016

    Keeping Homeschool Simple when Life is Busy and Time is precious…

    February 3, 2017
  • Homeschool,  Notebooking

    When it becomes all about the checklist

    A few weeks ago my son said something that stopped me in my tracks. I was in the middle of introducing a new task he would be working on as part of his Nature Studies and encouraging him to think about what he could write as a narration. He stopped me and asked: “What is this for?” “What do you mean?” I responded, a bit confused. “What is this for?” he repeated.  “Like, what do I get to check off my list when I’m done this?” I chuckled and stammered.  Truth is, this task wasn’t actually on his list for individual work and it suddenly dawned on me.  My heart sank…

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    What Delight-Directed Learning looks like in our home{school}.

    January 7, 2016

    Eternal Things.

    July 6, 2012

    Enjoy Summer Learning with Engaging Nature Studies from NaturExplorers

    June 5, 2015
  • Homeschool,  Narration,  Notebooking

    Links for getting started with Notebooking

      I have been getting so many messages asking me for more information about Notebooking.  I do plan to follow up with more posts about how we implement Notebooking into our homeschool, but I also wanted to share some links that I have found very helpful.  The majority of these links are from Productive Homeschooling because I honestly find the site to be one of the BEST sites for starting with Notebooking, especially if you don’t know anything about Notebooking and are interested in learning what it is all about and why you should even consider using it as a tool in your homeschool. This is the site that truly…

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    No pretenses… just PERSPECTIVE.

    January 4, 2012

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    October 19, 2014

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    September 6, 2012
  • Charlotte Mason,  Homeschool,  Nature Study,  Notebooking

    Snapshots of Nature Study -Jewelweed

      Our Jewelweed Nature Study was done a couple weeks ago now, but I really wanted to share it because we had so much fun studying this interesting plant! The best time to study Jewelweed in Southern Ontario and in the Northern States is August and September. We became interested in these plants when good friends of ours came over and showed us how the seed pods POP when you touch them!  That was it, the kids were intrigued.  And that is exactly how a great Nature Study is started – simply from a natural interest in something found in God’s amazing world.     Snapshots of Nature Study (what…

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    The Truth about our Plans

    May 4, 2020

    Embracing the Biblical Feasts and Celebrations (our family’s journey…)

    December 5, 2015

    Our Choices for Individual Studies / Morning Rotation

    August 11, 2016
  • Homeschool,  Notebooking

    Simplifying (and Enriching) our Homeschool with Notebooking {Part 2}

      About a month ago, we purchased brand new Notebooking journals for the purpose of truly infusing more Notebooking into our homeschool.  We have been doing Lapbooks and Notebooking pages since I started homeschooling, about 6 years ago… but never in this way. The way we are using Notebooking now could almost be considered a ‘method’ of homeschool. Our Notebooks are a HUGE tool in our day-to-day habits.  Since we’ve started using Notebooking more intentionally (about 4 months ago),  I’ve been amazed at the difference in our homeschool. More peace, more joy, more creativity, more real learning.  And this is coming from a Mom who already did quite a bit…

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    Reflections from a Christ-Centered Hanukkah

    December 31, 2014

    A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Stories of the Nations and Stories of America

    February 10, 2017

    Hello from the Homefront! {Updates, Homeschool planning}

    March 18, 2017
  • Homeschool,  Nature Study,  Notebooking,  Unit Studies

    Five in a Row Volume 3 ~ The Salamander Room

    The Salamander Room was a great row.  We loved the topics that went along with this whimsical storybook about a boy who imagines his room turns into the perfect Salamander habitat.  We really embraced LOTS and LOTS of Nature Study for the two weeks we did this unit.  Here are just some of the topics we covered with our row of The Salamander Room: Language Arts – list making, story setting, parallel construction (see the activity at the bottom of the post), Reading for Knowledge (ie: how to research), copywork, narration Art – a review of various concepts (shadows, viewpoint, color palette, personification, etc.), creating Salt-dough Salamanders and decorating/painting our…

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    Perfection for the Imperfect

    July 31, 2011

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    October 3, 2016

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    March 25, 2017
  • Homeschool,  Notebooking

    Simplifying our Homeschool with Notebooking {Part 1}

      I have been thinking quite a bit about the coming year of homeschool, as I’m sure many of us do throughout the Summer.  Even though we are year-round homeschoolers, there is still this undeniable feeling of ‘beginning’ in September.  A feeling I actually really love! So, with this approaching ‘beginning’ of sorts, I’ve been in planning mode.  Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever NOT in planning mode…?  But, I have been thinking and researching quite a bit about notebooking these past few days, so I thought I’d share an informal post with you on this subject. What you read here is literally coming straight from my heart and (somewhat…

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    Homeschooling Plans for 2017-2018

    March 25, 2017

    Preparing our Hearts for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)

    October 8, 2014
  • Charlotte Mason,  Homeschool,  Nature Study,  Notebooking,  Unit Studies

    Five in a Row Volume 4 – The Raft

        Rowing The Raft  The Raft is up there with some of my favourite Five in a Row studies.  It is an absolutely beautiful book with a heart-warming story that we all loved.  The themes for this row fit perfectly for Summer nature study and tied in beautifully with our deep appreciation for the river near our home.  I was in awe of the captivating art done by author, Jim LaMarche.   Absolutely breath-taking! This was a 2-week row (unit study). Photographs from The Raft by Jim LaMarche Some of the topics we covered for our row of The Raft, included: Social Studies – geography and history of the…

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    May 23, 2019

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    September 6, 2012

    The difference between a Schedule and a Rhythm (and how Rhythm brought Rest to our Homeschool)

    August 16, 2016
  • Homeschool,  Nature Study,  Notebooking

    Water Birds, Nature Journaling, and some ideas for Picture Study

    We have had so much fun learning about birds.  We studied all through the Winter with Backyard Birds, then moved into Birds of Prey and now are finishing a small unit study on Water Birds (Water Fowl).  There are so many different types of birds to learn about and study, we have just narrowed it down to a few and enjoyed the journey.  What a wonderful time of growth in our love of nature and appreciation of God’s amazing creation!  Birds are so incredible! Visiting Water Birds at a Beautiful Wetland Sanctuary       Nature Journaling ~ Water Birds Alex’s Heron page   What happens when you give a…

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    Winter Nature Study (…and a Review of NaturExplorers – Coping with the Cold)

    February 17, 2015

    Reflections from a Christ-Centered Hanukkah

    December 31, 2014

    The difference between a Schedule and a Rhythm (and how Rhythm brought Rest to our Homeschool)

    August 16, 2016
  • Charlotte Mason,  Homeschool,  Nature Study,  Notebooking,  Reviews,  Unit Studies

    Winter Nature Study (…and a Review of NaturExplorers – Coping with the Cold)

      We have been thoroughly enjoying our study of “Coping with the Cold“, a nature study unit focusing on how animals survive the Winter.  I wanted to write a quite detailed review because author Cindy West has truly created something very special in these unit studies. I’m excited to share them in hopes that other Moms and educators will find an incredible (and affordable!) tool for implementing more quality Nature Study into their homeschool.   Friends, these Nature Study units are FANTASTIC!   The NaturExplorers series is wonderfully in depth and so Charlotte Mason-friendly. Cindy has packed the pages full of incredible ideas and inspirations to jump start all kinds…

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    December 5, 2015

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    February 10, 2017

    Africa – East and South

    September 16, 2012

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Hey, I'm Cassandra... wife to Wes and homeschool Mama to five awesome kiddos. I'm so glad you're here. This is my humble place to share about family, faith, homeschooling, unplugging, and this crazy journey called life...

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