It has been a long journey since we moved out of the mold on June 6th. We have relocated 21 times and are finally in a long-term space. When we decided to homeschool this year, we had no idea what we'd be facing over the summer. I also could never have imagined how significantly homeschooling… Continue reading A Look Inside Our Homeschool: Volume 1, Language Arts
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Homeschooling Month 1- Complete!
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Our Experience Homeschooling in Crisis and Transition
We officially started school on September 8th with Ambleside Online Year 1 Curriculum. For most of August, however, we did a bit of school with their incredible Crisis help page. I can’t say enough good things about this free resource. The Crisis help page is designed for people who have been either displaced from their… Continue reading Our Experience Homeschooling in Crisis and Transition
A Day in the Life: September 22nd 2017
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One Last School Night…
(I wrote this last night. Some thoughts and reflections on the last two years of being a "school mom" with a chronic illness and of the start of our homeschool time) We had Kindergarten graduation today. The kids have one last day of school tomorrow. Which means one last school night. Maybe for a long… Continue reading One Last School Night…
We’re Almost Homeschoolers!
In 10 school days, I will be a homeschool mom. I am equal parts excited and intimidated. The “plan” had always been to homeschool. However, when we moved to a new town, I got sick, and the store I was working at closed, my kid was lonely and sad. At work, he had all-day… Continue reading We’re Almost Homeschoolers!
Big changes in our family!!
I've been kind of quiet from blogging lately. This has partly been because I'm working like crazy but mostly because I've been trying to soak up every moment I can with my son. Because... We are homeschoolers no more!!! In July my son started talking about being lonely and missing his time at the local… Continue reading Big changes in our family!!
Montessori Monday: Craft Stick Puzzles!
Welcome back to Montessori Monday! I've been neglecting the blog lately because I've been so bogged down with work. I wanted to take a break today and share this great activity with you though! This is a work we've had out for a few months now but my son was never really interested in… Continue reading Montessori Monday: Craft Stick Puzzles!
Introducing… Montessori Mondays!
Hello! Welcome to fall and the start of Montessori Mondays here at "Crunchier by the day." If you're not familiar with Montessori education check out the Wikipedia page about Montessori. I worked in a Montessori school as my very first job and worked there for almost 6 years. In many ways I grew up there… Continue reading Introducing… Montessori Mondays!