Essential Learning

“The word school is derived from the Greek word schole, meaning ‘leisure.’ Yet our modern school system, born in the Industrial Revolution, has removed the leisure—and much of the pleasure—out of learning.” Greg McKeown

Learning NEEDS leisure. We input input input… and our brain needs time to process and meditate and GROW and ferment what we put in there. The leisure allows the percolation of CREATIVITY, and we are thankful for the communication of it in our home and world– through music, art, speech, innovation, story and more!

A large part of my Instagram feed is about how we “schole” with our eclectic version of a literature-rich, Charlotte Mason-inspired home learning life. I would love for you to explore my posts as well as my Insta profile to check out my Home Learning highlights! (They give you more of a day-to-day!)

Essential Learning Posts

Home Learning Ideas

Home Learning Life

We were gifted free tickets to the zoo today. (Silly us thought we would be some of the only ones there. Several school buses of children all field tripping simultaneously would prove us wrong.) The crowds didn’t keep us from having a wonderful time and learning a lot.

Trust the process, mommas. Find a gentle approach, and have faith that slow, steady, and stress-free really does win the race. 🐢> 🐇

New blogpost is up with lots of fun freebies and ideas about the tall tale of Buffalo Bill!

Spending some time outside on the patio, working on a rag rug.

As the weeks go on, we are learning new life skills right alongside our journey with Laura in Plum Creek. This week, we talked about how Nellie’s favorite punctuation was the exclamation mark 😂, and made some old fashioned lemonade, like they served at the Town party.

The song I’m starting my day with today.

When the hardest part about pretending to be the piece in our art study is… trying to grab your own elbow. 😂

“She who opens her eyes and her heart nature-ward even once a week finds nature study in the schoolroom a delight and an abiding joy… She finds, first of all, companionship with her children; and second, she finds that without planning or going on a far voyage, she has found health and strength.“

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Journals, Narrating Notebooks, & Print-at-home Helps

Our Current Curriculum: A Gentle Feast

Click on the picture to go to A Gentle Feast and learn more.

(I have a post coming soon on why it is such a great fit for our family.)

Essential Speaking:
Communication Classes & Coaching

Before I was a homeschool momma, I got a couple of degrees in speech, traveled nationally as a debate judge and coach, and taught collegiate communication courses.

I keep my foot in my communication background by teaching speech and debate once a week to homeschooled high schoolers in my community, and have recently started to branch out a little more online.

If you are interested in seeing what is currently being offered, feel free to click on the pictures below to learn more about course offerings and our online coaching club or drop me a question in the contact form below!