Homeschooling | ClassiclyAmber

Never force yourself to have a space in anyone's life because if they really know your worth, they'll surely create one for you. This went down...24 minutes ago
Up early and planning the day. Looking forward to fabby friends and a big fiesta!! =-D This went down...1 day ago
I am so interested to read this book http://t.co/kTx1ftOh Newsweek calls Timothy Keller a "C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" This went down...2 days ago
Making a gallon of yogurt for deliciocity and for keeping our guts in check. YUM. This went down...3 days ago
Wow! Surely me + kiddos just set a record for building a mini chick coop the fastest~!! That was my very first time w/a circ saw, too! This went down...5 days ago

Whatever Floats Your Boat

The kids really like to hang around the pond, doing all sorts of things. I have always loved it myself! I was a girl when my family moved in next door, and back then, the pond was a lot bigger and deeper – and just gorgeous. Since then, it’s had muskrat damage, causing leaking through

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Teaching Boys to Sew

I recently shared this online via Twitter/FB and wanted to expound a teeny bit more here. Our oldest son, Ethan, just turned 10 back in January. So, I gave him the gift of sewing by hand. Here’s how it all came about:

The boys were playing with a soft baby toy. It’s a smiley happy turkey

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And Ye Shall Teach the Childrens Music

As a young girl, I taught myself how to play the piano by ear.

My Uncle Danny had bought me a Little Tikes tinker tot piano for a Christmas gift. Obviously, it was very basic. There were only one octave of keys and each one was a different color. It came with a book that had

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Schooling through LIFE: Shape Sorting

These photos were taken last year of our oldest daughter, Gianna, 2 years old. She knows how to sort these shapes…big spoons together and little spoons together…forks…butter knives…and cute lil baby spoons. (She sometimes gets the big spoons and little spoons mixed up, but mostly she has it nailed).

There are different approaches to homeschooling, but

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