Posts Tagged ‘organizing’
Pin It We haven’t technically stopped schooling – our approach, at least for these younger years, are much more just living real life than sit down with text books and work books. It’s working for us. We are curriculum free for now, and most things are patched together with yard sale and thrift store finds [...]
Pin It My laptop has been slowly {s-l-o-w-l-y} chugging along for a long time … and this past week has been spent reformatting it and restoring my folders and files {and then looking through old files… life passes so quickly… it feels like Judah was two yesterday} And really – this past week has somewhat followed along [...]
Pin It Weeks ago {while in Kentucky – looking for things that would get us out of the hotel} I spent a good bit of time browsing antique shops. I stumbled upon a collection of letterpress drawers – also known as a type case or a printers drawer. These drawers were once used to hold [...]
Pin It The Seven Laws of Teaching is a book written by John Milton Gregory on, well, laws of teaching. The Seven Laws of teaching is available for free from Google Books or in paperback form from Amazon. The Seven Laws of Teaching was written in 1884 and covers the fundamental laws of teaching – it [...]
Pin It My boys have a ton of Lego and wooden train tracks – and literally sit for hours playing with either {or both!} The greatest struggle over the years of collecting it has been how to store it. I have done a toy organizer, but it takes up more space than is practical {the [...]
Pin It I have kind of always done mind mapping – I take notes, make lists and plan events in this visual style. A few weeks ago I was searching for something at the library and stumbled upon a mind mapping book. I was intrigued – I’ve always done mind mapping but have never known [...]
Pin It ::re-post from two years ago as it directly relates to where we are at right now with our September habit; Getting rid of Clutter:: The War on Stuff :: getting rid of clutter Over the past year Paul and I have become increasingly aware of the amount of stuff we have and how [...]
Pin It Our house is slowly being fitted to meet our family needs – which for the next many years means room for homeschooling. I am thankful for the abundant space our house provides, which gives us the space to create our homeschool rooms throughout. Perhaps one day it will work best to confine us [...]
Pin It Homeschool :: 2012/2013 School Year Plan I am so very excited about this upcoming homeschool year. After careful consideration of the boys learning styles and our family goals, reading through some thought provoking books, and talking to some older homeschool moms we have decided on what will be the best fit for our [...]
Pin It The Homeschool Bookshelf It’s hard to believe that, down here, school starts back in a couple weeks! Judah will officially be in kindergarten and we are excited to be homeschooling both him and Wes and have been busy decluttering and organizing for the upcoming year. My recent project was the homeschool bookshelf – [...]
