A reset is a wonderful way of restoring rest in our lives. Our days are a rhythm of routines that form resets; waking and sleeping, eating and working. When homeschooling and raising young children, it is vital to reset throughout the day and especially, I find, the most importantly, at the end of the day. … Continue reading The Wonder of a Reset – Practical Tips
In my previous post on Practical Organization Tips 1, I wrote about some of the practical ways I have organized the school room and the girls’ desk, chairs and stationary. Today I want to share some details about our files:
The girls’ files
1. I made cover pages or file dividers for each subject.
Some personal information here ~ I LOVE organization! My best friend once called me “The Organization Police” because I can’t help looking for ways to bring sense and order to end the chaos! Homeschool has been a pleasure when I’m organized, but when those days happen, and the kids are out of their chairs every 5 minutes to “get something”, I have to make a plan! So here are a few of my practical plans….
Our School Room
Comic strips are picture stories that convey loads of information and visual detail. They are a wonderful resource for language arts and creative writing activities and make an excellent option for narrations and storytelling. Here are some comic tips: Plan out six to 8 facts or ideas for your story on rough paper first. Just think … eight blocks … Continue reading Comic Strips Tips & Templates
A reset is a wonderful way of restoring rest in our lives. Our days are a rhythm of routines that form resets; waking and sleeping, eating and working. When homeschooling and raising young children, it is vital to reset throughout the day and especially, I find, the most important, at the end of the day. … Continue reading Practical Tip ~ Reset
We have always used living books in our Charlotte Mason-based homeschooling. Literature-based education requires a lot of reading aloud. It takes effort, practice and skill to read aloud in a way that is engaging and entertaining. Here are 3 lists of 10 tips on how to read aloud well ~ I absolutely love alliteration and … Continue reading 10 Tips on Reading Aloud
My children loved doing lapbooks and we quickly figured out some practical tips to prevent overwhelm and to maximise our studies with other activities. Here are some of my tried-&-tested practical lapbook planning tips ~ Often when printing out and cutting out the lapbook minibooks for your new lapbook , you will have heaps of … Continue reading Lapbook planning tips
Homeschooling is perfect place for wrigglers and movers to learn! Somehow we have learnt that in the so-called “perfect education world” young children should sit still, rapturously attentive, quietly absorbing, and only responding “normally” as expected, but guess what, most young kids just can’t sit still, keep quiet for long or respond only in the … Continue reading Kids that Wiggle 30+ Tips
We are a very creative family! Right from the start, I provided art and craft materials and allowed my children much free time to create daily in our homeschooling, which I believe laid the foundation to their their talent and enjoyment of all things creative. May I encourage you to do the same? Set up a … Continue reading Practical Tip ~ Creative Opportunities
Quick practical tip for nature journals! A leaf rubbing is a wonderful way to capture the leaf edges and veins, but also allows one to create an instant background to a journal page. It also allows you to create an instant copy of the leaf in the journal instead of waiting weeks to press and … Continue reading Practical Tip – Leaf Rubbings
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