*** The 2017-2018 version will be posted by 5/22/2017! A couple of years ago, I finally figured out a way to easily keep track of our homeschool attendance. I’m fortunate to live in a state where there are only a few homeschool requirements, however keeping track of attendance is one of those. For years, I …
5 Free Places to Find Read Aloud Suggestions (with a video!)
Hi Friends! I’m finally back with Part 2 of my Read Aloud video series. → Make sure you don’t miss Part 1: Tips and Ideas for Children’s Read Alouds! As I mention in this week’s video, I might even do a part 3 since so many of you have emailed with comments and questions. Reading …
6 Reasons I’m Grateful We Homeschool
This week is Birthday Week at our house, and we are smack dab in the middle of Birthday Season. 5 of the 6 of us have birthdays in an 8-week span during the spring season. This week, my #3 is turning 7 and my #1 is turning 11. I won’t go on and on about …
Tips and Ideas for Children’s Read Alouds (plus a video!)
Hi Friends! I love my little You Tube channel, and I’m so thrilled to be back with y’all again this week! One of my absolute favorite things to talk about is books, and more specifically, reading aloud to my children. Reading aloud is the best part of our day, without a doubt! Tips and Ideas …
Favorite Fun Learning Activities for My Kindergartner and First Grader (plus a video!)
If you homeschool more than 1 child, you know how difficult it can be to keep younger children occupied while teaching your older kiddos! It is certainly a challenge for most homeschool moms I know. Over the years, I’ve found several fun learning activities that my little girls (ages 6 1/2 and 5) just adore. …
How I Use Handwriting Without Tears in Our Homeschool – with a video!
When I first started homeschooling my oldest child in Kindergarten, I didn’t give much thought to formal handwriting. Sure, I got a handwriting book for practice, but I didn’t realize it was something that had to be taught. Keep in mind that I was a Registered Nurse prior to homeschooling my children – not a school …
Using Tapestry Primer with My Kindergartner and First Grader
Disclosure: I received a free copy of Tapestry of Grace Primer to review and was compensated for my time. The opinions in this post are based on my own experience using this curriculum with my children. Please see my disclosure policy for more details. For the past 5 years, my children and I have …
How I Encourage Pretend Play in Our Home
Through the years, I’ve worked hard to encourage my children to use their imaginations. I have some children who are extremely creative, and others who are more gifted in other areas. But regardless of how creative my children are, I’ve provided them with opportunity after opportunity to use the magnificent creative brains that God gave …
Why Imaginative Play is a Priority in Our Home
Thankfully with having 4 children, I realized early on that imaginative play has huge benefits. While I create a boatload of worksheets and printable activities for us to use in our homeschool, they never trump pretend play. Imaginative play is a priority in our home. For many years, I felt like I wasn’t disciplined enough …
How I Help My Children Go to Sleep
Do your kiddos struggle with going to sleep? Out of my 4 children, I have 3 that struggle almost nightly with trying to go to sleep. As their homeschool mama who has been with them all day, I need them (oh so desperately!) to be in bed by 8:15 or 8:30. My own introverted need …
What’s New This Year at Mama’s Learning Corner?
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is always a huge planning week for me – planning our next semester of school, finding a few new meals to add to our dinner routine, re-assigning chores to the kids, and all of those other things that moms organize and do. Also included in that list is …
