9 Songs About Parenting You Never Knew Were About Parenting

Boy meets Girl, Boy falls in love with Girl. Option A: Girl leaves Boy heartbroken or Option B: They find everlasting love. It’s fair to say that a good amount of songs have a similar storyline, with either option as the outcome. What I’ve discovered, though, is that so many popular songs can actually have…

It’s Time To Buy School Supplies!

Originally written in the summer of 2019, this post has been republished for all the new homeschoolers out there looking to buy some awesome school supplies for this upcoming year! **This post contains affiliate links.** If I sound excited to buy school supplies, it’s because I am. There’s nothing quite like a fresh notebook and…

Stop Watching, Start Playing

When I first started this blog about a year ago, I went through a list of about 15 names. I wanted it to be just right – to make it clear that my blog is mostly about homeschooling, but also a little tongue-in-cheek about the reality of life with kids. So when my brother finally…

Experiential history is the best kind of history

When I was in grad school, and even once I started teaching, “experiential education” was one of the buzz phrases we talked about in class or at teachers’ meetings often, among others phrases like differentiated instruction, higher-order thinking skills, and technology integration. Experiential learning usually happens outside the classroom, through field trips and other hands-on…