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Art and music bring beauty to the homeschool day. Browse around for creative learning ideas for teaching these essentials to your children.
Thank you for joining me for Day 3 of the 365 Days of Children’s Books series! I hope you are able to add a few new requests to your library account this week. Lazy summer days bring lots of time to read fresh books! Today’s book, Michelangelo, is by Diane Stanley, one of my favorite …
This week, my children and I started studying about Ancient Rome. We are in Year 1, Week 28 of our Tapestry of Grace curriculum, and this is our second time through the Year 1 cycle. Side Note: Sadly, we are not going to finish Ancient Rome before our school year is over, so we will …
My children and I are in the middle of a 4-week Ancient Greece study which has been nothing but marvelous! Sparta and Athens, learning about a marathon, culture and daily life, mathematics and science contributions, and of course, the Olympics! So I was thrilled to find out about a new Summer Games Chalk Pastel ebook …
At the beginning of the school year, I budget quite a bit of our homeschool money for crafts, markers, crayons, and art supplies. My children know that they are welcome to any of those supplies at any time (as long as they clean up when they’re finished!). I’ve noticed that my little girls – ages …
My 4-year-old daughter was playing with the the Orchestra Cards this morning and asked if there were any orchestra coloring pages that she could color. Well, no, there’s not. But if you give me a few minutes, there will be! I love it when my kiddos give me great ideas of printables and worksheets that …
What is it about match cards that children love so much? My girls just adore them, which is why you see them so often here at Mama’s Learning Corner! (This post contains affiliate links.) Off and on throughout this school year, the kids and I have listened and read The Story of the Orchestra. My …
We are enormous fans of chalk pastels here at the Hill House! I’ve written several times about how EASY they are for a mama to incorporate in her homeschool week. So I’m very happy to share with you that Hodgepodge is having a huge 50% off sale from April 13-15 on all chalk pastel ebooks! …
We love literature-based learning in our homeschool! It’s such a gentle, effective way to learn and we can’t get enough of it. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.) The past couple of weeks we’ve been reading Henry the Castaway by Mark Taylor. Because we’ve had a few days …
It has been a longer-than-usual winter here in North Carolina and we are ready for some spring weather! Because we were pining for a warm day at the park, my children and I decided to have a nature study day at the park last Friday morning. We had a wonderful time despite the fact that it …
My oldest daughter is in her first few months of violin lessons and it is so much fun! She already has a knack for playing the violin and has seen great progress. My daughter and I both adore her violin teacher. They are a beautiful mesh of personalities and we feel so blessed to have …
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information. Chalk Pastels have become a regular part of our homeschool art time. We absolutely adore them. Some of my children are more artsy than others, yet chalk pastels have turned out to be a wonderful medium for all of us – it’s …
