If You’re New to the Blog…

Welcome! I’m Emily, a follower of Jesus, happy wife, and a second-generation homeschooling mom of five precious children. Read more about our family here. I’m so glad you’re here, and I hope that something you find will encourage you in your homeschooling and parenting. Scroll through our collection of homeschool resources and see what we’ve got to offer!

End of School Year Summaries (if you are curious what materials we did or what our schedules were like)

1. 2018-2019 (Kindergarten and preschool)
2. 2019-2020 (1st grade and 4K)
3. 2020-2021 (2nd grade, kindergarten and 4K)
4. 2021-2022 (3rd, 1st grade and kindergarten)
5. 2022-2023 (4th, 2nd, 1st grades and preschool)
6. 2023-2024 (5th, 3rd, 2nd grades and 4K)

Book Lists (if you need ideas or inspiration)

1. American history picture books (also CC Cycle 3)
2. Classical Conversations Cycle 2 topics
3. Best books for babies + toddlers
4. Books for homeschooling moms
5. Wordless picture books
6. Books about technology and/or screen free parenting
7. Favorite chapter books to read aloud

Top 5 Blog Posts (fan favorites with the most views and comments)

1. Please Talk To Your Children About…
2. You Could Homeschool Too
3. How to Homeschool Kindergarten
4. Third Year of Classical Conversations
5. Why Read Fairy Tales?

My Favorite Books (yearly posts with the best books I read in the previous year)

1. Best Books of 2018
2. Best Books of 2019
3. Best books of 2020
4. Best books of 2021
5. Best books of 2022
6. Best books of 2023

Encouragement

1. If you need to be reminded that every homeschooling family has weak areas, here’s a list of all the things I do not do
2. If you want to be reminded that even stressful days where you can’t get any school done are STILL worthwhile, read this one
3. If you need a reminder that you and I are NOT enough for this job (but God is!), read this one
4. If you need help SIMPLIFYING your homeschool, get my free PDF download with 15 ideas to help you out here

Reasons For Homeschooling

1. “Why We Decided to Homeschool” written in 2019
2. “More Reasons WHY We Homeschool” written in 2021

Digital Downloads page: a small (but growing) collection of resources that may be helpful to you in your homeschool journey!

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