The term Mother Culture is a term that is attributed to Charlotte Mason and I loved it from the very first time I heard about it. In essence mother culture is the intentional growth and education of a mother. This does not include the learning that takes alongside our children as we teach them but the…
We recently celebrated Raeca’s 6th birthday and I knew I wanted to put together a list of non-toy gifts for girls her age. While she loves toys she can also become overwhelmed with them and there are so many good, educational gifts out there that aren’t the typical Barbie and have so many more benefits….
I totally blame it on the show Octonauts but we’ve been on a bit of an underwater kick around here lately. Each week Raeca picks a new animal or two to learn about in science and we’ve had a good stretch of sea creatures; pilot fish, jellyfish and the green sea turtle). The kids have…
I love geography and learning about the world and I have a strong desire to pass this interest down to my children. I want to go everywhere, see everything and experience it all. While this may not exactly be possible right now I am trying my best to teach them about different countries and cultures…
Here we are, starting our second month of officially homeschooling and not surprisingly, a number of people have been asking how it is going. To be honest, this is a question I was worried about before we started. What if it wasn’t going well? I mean, I suspected we’d have off days, these are my…
As much as I love using my big DSLR camera I’m constantly impressed with the quality of pictures I can get just from my phone camera. And that camera has one major benefit: I have it with me wherever I go. One of my favorite things to photograph with my phone are silhouettes. I find…
