Homeschooling Encouragement for You on Your Journey
As a homeschool graduate I love to share my favorite resources from my school years. Here I share the best products, books, movies, and more for you and your family to enjoy! I also have homeschool printables available in my shop for your little ones. From preschool printable binder activities to homeschool charts, I’m sure you will find useful.
I hope that these resources and products that I share bless you and your family. We each have our own journey and my passion is to encourage you as you balance the joys and blessings of this life. Please feel free to reach out if you have a question!
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Making Math Fun with Miss Heidi
As a homeschool math teacher, for many years I have been encouraging kids to find ways to love math. I grew up loving it and wanting everyone else to! I can honestly say it was probably because the math we used gradually taught me new concepts in a fun and easy to understand way. The little sections on some lessons in third grade Saxon math that let me correct a possible student’s work were easily my favorite part. Yes, I had to do the work to see if the right answers were written, but it made me excited! Watching and then helping my mom grade our math lessons showed me I was a natural teacher.
Homeschooled: 8 Reasons Why I Loved It
I want to share how being homeschooled has shaped me as a teacher and a nanny now and the reasons why I plan to homeschool my children when I am so blessed.
Saxon Math Review by a Homeschool Teacher
My last post was all about mine and my family’s Saxon Math journey. In this post I am sharing a review of each book we have enjoyed and why. These books all follow the wonderful spiral method that Saxon Math is known for.
Saxon Math: My Family’s Journey
My family's journey to discovering and then choosing Saxon Math is unique. We were so blessed to find our math curriculum early on in our homeschooling. Because of this we were able to dive right in and have never looked back. I hope our story and why we chose Saxon encourages you and brings you some answers if you are on a journey to finding your math curriculum.
Why Using Lapbooks Enriches Your Homeschool
This post is all about why lapbooks are a great addition to your homeschool journey. Lapbooks are a creative way for children to show what they are learning. They are fun interactive books that kids love to flip through many times after they complete them. If you want to know what a lapbook is and how to make one visit my post here!
Discover the Best Christianbook Gems
Discover the Best Christianbook Gems Throughout our 30+ years of homeschooling, my family and I have purchased many things from Christianbook. We have been able to
Exciting News for A Basketful of Joy!
A Basketful of Joy has an Etsy store! I have been busy lately with many fun things, so today I am beyond thrilled to announce that I now have an Etsy store! I am excited to make it easy for you to purchase downloadable homeschool printables to use however you’d like.
5 Exciting Audio Drama Resources for Families
After sharing some of the best read-alouds for families I wanted to now share some of our favorite audio drama resources. These audio adventures are made by multiple companies with various skills in sound effects and a full cast list of actors! The original music scores, advanced studio effects, and gripping acting make these adventures some of the very best and most exciting to listen to.
“you aren’t any grade at all, no matter where you are in school. You’re just yourself, aren’t you? What difference does it make what grade you’re in!”
“Promise me you’ll always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
“It is a great thing, surely, to have lived all one’s life in a world full of kind people.”
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
