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Simple & Frugal Road Trip Fun

by on Jun 09, 2010 in building the family, frugal & simple, learning at home

This is part 2 in response to Amy’s request for suggestions as she embarks upon a 16-day traveling adventure with her family brought to you by Passionate Homemaking’s monthly contributor, Michele Augur. A road trip is a great opportunity for new experiences and family bonding. But it can also be a potential for sibling bickering [...]

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Cultivating Learning in Everyday Activities: Outdoors

by on May 13, 2010 in learning at home

Photo Credit How can you cultivate learning in the great outdoors? This is the final segment of our Cultivating Learning in Everyday Activities series. Check out Learning in the Kitchen, and Learning in the Laundry & Other Rooms for further inspiration. Outdoors 1. Take a walk together and discuss seasons, the growth cycle of plants, [...]

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Cultivating Learning in Everyday Activities: Laundry & Other Rooms

by on May 11, 2010 in learning at home

Photo credit My mission…to cultivate a learning environment in our home. My goal…to purposefully incorporate educational concepts in our various household tasks with my little ones. Thus we continue sharing learning ideas that can be purposefully practiced while completing various household activities. Don’t miss out on sharing ideas for learning in the kitchen. In the [...]

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Cultivating Learning In Everyday Activities – In the Kitchen

by on May 10, 2010 in learning at home

Photo credit From a young age, children love to learn. They love to explore, imitate and absorb everything that takes place in the world around them. I have been fascinated to study and observe my daughter, Karis. She takes great delight in helping me throughout our daily activities. My passion has always been to cultivate [...]

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The Family that Reads Together: Recommended Read Alouds

by on Feb 03, 2010 in building the family, learning at home

Photo credit “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.” – Becoming A Nation of Readers Families reading together is one of the most splendid traditions and habits you can cultivate as a family. You may find it common to read to your [...]

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Favorite Reads from 2009

by on Jan 07, 2010 in building the family, learning at home

I love reading! It is one of my favorite pastimes to be cuddled up with a good book. I only wish I had a nice fireplace in our home to cuddle in front of (memories of childhood). “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” is my motto. Mark Twain once said, “The man [...]

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Christ-Centered CD’s for Kids & Giveaway!

by on Nov 20, 2009 in building the family, learning at home, news & giveaways

My daughter loves to sing! A dear friend prayed over her an infant that she might be a singer and worshiper of Jesus, and I believe the Lord is answering that prayer! Recently, I set out on a mission to find some good solid CD’s of music, especially Scripture verses set to music that we [...]

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Our Jesse Tree: A Focused Advent Celebration

by on Nov 18, 2009 in building the family, learning at home

Last year, I was introduced to the idea of a Jesse Tree as a purposeful way to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas and our family loves it! The name “Jesse Tree” comes from Isaiah 11:1-2: A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The [...]

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The Fruitfulness of Reading

by on Aug 14, 2009 in building the family, faith & womanhood, learning at home

This is a speech I wrote in high school that I stumbled upon the other day and wanted to share it with you all. It is rather lengthy, but I was and continue to be passionate about challenging people to read. Encouraging reading in our home is one way to pursue simple and fruitful lifestyles. [...]

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Learning Resources for Toddlers

by on Jun 17, 2009 in learning at home

One of my projects lately has been to map out a plan for spending some more purposeful learning time with Karis this summer and into the fall. My goal is to spend 1 hour each morning, from 10-11am, during Titus’ morning nap, to have some special one-on-one learning time with Mommy. The first half hour [...]

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