The Last Days Way Journal

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Our History with Math and Why We’re Switching Curricula Many of you have followed along with our family as we have had quite the journey with Math Curriculum. Last year, we hit a real sweet spot with Math with Confidence. We’ve used Math with Confidence K, 1 and 3. We still absolutely love Math with […]

Why We’re Switching to The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series for Math

Curriculum

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Every homeschool family looks at Summer a bit differently. Some take long, full breaks; some hardly break at all. Our family falls somewhere in between. I view Summer as a time to work on skills that perhaps got put on the back burner during the previous school year. I also view Summer as a time […]

Summer Schedule

Homeschooling Encouragement

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There are countless reasons to include nature study in your homeschool, but I’ll just focus on the reasons that make it invaluable to me. Creation is used throughout the entire Bible to point to its Creator. Trees, roots, branches, stars, rivers, torrents, sparrows, eagles, mountains, steams, deserts, gardens, clouds, constellations, rocks, fire, seeds, wildflowers- can […]

How to Design a Beautiful Year of Nature Study

Curriculum

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Introduction We are studying the 1700’s, and I am so deep in planning that I’m actually starting to have dreams that I live in colonial times. We are focusing on following the 1700’s chronologically, while also digging in on diverse perspectives within the colonial era. I see a lot of mamas in the Charlotte Mason […]

Our 4th Grade Curriculum Choices: Part 1, History In-Depth

Curriculum

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We have officially finished out the 2025-2025 school year, so this is the time of year where I get to come here and reflect. I personally enjoy coming back to these blog posts and reminding myself of what we accomplished and the memories we made. I also like to be share what we actually used […]

Reflecting on Our 3rd Grade & Kindergarten School Year

Homeschooling Encouragement

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Lately, I’ve been asked to share how our family ultimately decided to go with a stricter Charlotte Mason philosophy as opposed the more eclectic Charlotte Mason “leaning” philosophy that we held before. This decision has come with much thought and prayer. I was the girl who said I’d never be caught dead reading six volumes […]

Why We Chose the Charlotte Mason Philosophy

Homeschooling Encouragement

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This year has, without a doubt, been the most successful homeschooling year yet. What’s laughable about that fact is that our life has also never been more full of uncertainty. We are currently living with my parents in a very small, quaint townhome where we have very little space for schooling. 95% of our materials […]

How We Do Morning Time with a 3rd grade, Kindergartner and Toddler

Homeschooling Encouragement

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In my latest blog post, I shared our 3rd grade and Kindergarten curriculum and resources. A few of you reached out to me and said, “I’m so inspired, but also overwhelmed!” First, I want to say this: you will always be overwhelmed if you are doing something that the Holy Spirit doesn’t have for YOUR […]

Our 2024-2025 Daily and Weekly Rhythm

Homeschooling Encouragement

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The Holy Spirit has been so clear with what He wants our family to focus on this year. I’m not immune to the onslaught of FOMO when everyone starts sharing what they’re using- but knowing that we’ve heard His voice keeps us laser focused and content. When I wrote A Spirit-led Guide to Homeschooling, I […]

3rd Grade and Kindergarten Curriculum & Resources

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For our family, Spring and Summer plans look like tying up the loose ends of our Fall and Winter subjects, while also implementing new and fun plans for the warmer months. During the Autumn and Winter, we focused on these subjects. By the time Spring came along, we had already completed our Around the World […]

2nd grade Spring & Summer Plans

Homeschooling Encouragement