Author: Jamie
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Homeschool: unstructured and interest-led?
Our home education style is becoming less structured. I’ve been reading and thinking about how learning happens best, and what sort of things are most important to learn. I’m moving more and more towards learning that is less structured and more interest led. I’m not doing anything drastic like throwing out our curriculum, but we’re…
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Nature Study on Tybee Island
I often say that we don’t do as much nature study as I’d like, but what I’ve come to realize is that, although we don’t always have pretty nature journal pages to show for it, and I don’t always take my camera along to document it all, our lives have gradually become more nature-focused. I…
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Packing our OCC Shoeboxes!
This year, we decided to prepare one Operation Christmas Child shoebox for each age and gender. There are three age groups: 2-4 years; 5-9 years; and 10-14 years. That means we’re packing six shoeboxes! How we pack our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes: In the past we’ve bought small plastic shoeboxes, but I’ve learned this year…
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I love that about her {Kathryn is 12}
As of today, I’ve been a mama for twelve years. Kathryn is my youngest child, but she’s my first, and the only one who literally grew beneath my heart. I love that about her. My love for Kathryn, our relationship, is what made me want to expand our family. She is a very large reason…
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Old Chest of Drawers = Craft Supply Center
I’m trying to make our home more creativity-encouraging. Part of my plan involves providing plenty of art and craft supplies — and making it easy to find things, and easy to put them away! A major step towards that goal was finding a chest of drawers to store art/craft supplies neatly but out of sight…