(This post contains affiliate links.) Taming the Toddler The time has come to keep the toddler busy during school. I’ve always had to keep him occupied, of course, but now I’m finding the need for an arsenal of ideas so that school can flow smoothly. Well, as smoothly as school can flow with a toddler…
This has been such a relaxing and awesome study! Using Easy Fun School’s free unit titled The Names of Jesus, we’ve spent a little time each day focusing on one of His names from the Bible and creating a scrapbook-style keepsake for each name. I chose not to include most of the other suggestions from…
Thanks to the ladies at the CM Artist Study group, I’ve found a wonderful site for various nativity scenes that we’ll use for art study this month. Each week, we’ll observe ALL of the paintings noticing different things each time like: realism colors feelings which ones capture the reverence best, or the joy best, etc…
Homeschool Conference Speaker Are you looking for a homeschool speaker for your conference or event? I may be able to help! My passion is teaching! I’ve known since first grade that I would be a teacher – and I’m so very thankful to the Lord for revealing His perfect will for me early on. With a…
One of the services I offer at Our Journey Westward is product reviews. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing more than 200 products. Some of those reviews have been shared on my blog (or elsewhere) and some of them have been private reviews. Besides the reviews I publish here on Our Journey…
The American Revolution is such an exciting and inspiring time in our country’s amazing history! As always, we learned so much through our literature-based, project-based unit study. My children were in 5th and 2nd grades during this four+ week study. American Revolution Resources Internet Scavenger Hunt Living Literature We read and listened to many,…
Our Creation Club met this October for the last time until spring to study deciduous trees. We were as busy as beavers learning and having fun together! You’ll love the easy ideas and free printable that will work for any sized group of children. This post contains affiliate links. Deciduous Trees Lesson and Activities Partner…
Our nursery at church is lacking in toddler toys, so I put out a plea a few months ago for our church members to look around for free or cheap toys that would be good for adding to the nursery. Luckily – or so I thought – one of the ladies at our church is the…
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine sent out some freebie units not too long ago from Highlights of Homeschooling and one of them worked perfectly for our Pilgrims unit study. It’s called The Mayflower Unit Study. This isn’t the typical unit that we do around here, as it’s very language arts led and didn’t required much by way of…
(This post contains affiliate links.) Native American Unit Study Our Native American unit was a tad more independent than most units we’ve done in the past. I’m trying to allow Mahayla to take on the freedom in learning that she desires, while pushing Caleb toward taking more responsibility for his learning. A Book and an…
School is just about up and running again and schedules are getting back on track. I sure love the freedom that summer brings, but I’m always ready to get back on schedule. School schedules, chore schedules, weekly engagement schedules. Somehow, life is just calmer when it’s scheduled (around here anyway.) Here’s a rough sketch of…
I’ve tried to briefly answer most of the questions that have come from the MSG and homemade mix posts. I’ll be happy to continue answering questions if you have any. I’m only speaking from my experiences, but I sure hope something here helps someone! What Pre-packaged Foods Can I Eat? Let’s see. Just taking a…
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