Reading has been a lifelong love affair for me. I am so grateful that my little ones share my love for reading and are great readers themselves. When I was a new mom, I read that reading to children every night would make a huge positive difference in their ability to read when it came time. I don’t know how universal that statement is, but in our case it certainly…
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The Seedling + Homeschooling During the Pandemic
Read moreHello, sweet friends. I truly cannot believe that it is the end of May already. I swear it was just a day or two ago when I was looking at the calendar, thinking how could it be the end of April? These days in quarantine…
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Our Daily Homeschool Rhythm During Lockdown
Read moreHello, friends! Happy Earth Day! We are presently smack in the middle of week 6 of pandemic homeschooling. It’s definitely taken a bit, but I’ve finally found a rhythm that feels good for us. I know that many parents are still struggling to find that…
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thoughts on kindergarten, public school & education…
Read moreYesterday while Marina and I were waiting for Roman to get out of school, I ran into an old friend who has a daughter a year ahead of Roman. Her daughter and Roman went to school together at a local co-operative preschool for one year.…
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homeschooling // lots of play
Read moreI honestly cannot believe that it’s May already! Time always moves quickly, but this past month has truly flown by. There are so many things going on in my life at the moment, it seems like I blinked once, and April was over. As we…
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Roman’s First Day of Preschool
Read moreToday marks one week since I took these pictures and one week since Roman’s first day of preschool. Over the years, I’ve shared how I’ve gone back & forth between sending my children off to school and homeschooling. About a year ago, I began bringing…
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a picnic by the lake & a preschool decision
Read moreOver the weekend, we went to a picnic hosted at a local summer camp. Outings are tricky these days, what with a toddler & tantrums & an ever-unsettled little baby girl. Still, we soaked up the day, enjoying the little bits of summer that are…
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homeschooling // toddler preschool
Read moreA few weeks back, I took a bunch of the littles’ clothing to the consignment store to sell. While I was waiting for our clothes to be sorted, I walked around & discovered that the store also sells gently used childrens’ books. What a dream!…
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in the garden // late july
Read moreLate July brings bounty & beauty to our garden. These are my favorite photographs from the garden yet. I could just sit and stare at them all day. They capture the plant life out there so beautifully. What I didn’t capture is the animal life!…