Art History Kids | Get Inspired, Create, and Learn

Art History Kids | Get Inspired, Create, and Learn

Have you heard of Art History Kids? If so, you know what I’m about to say! If not, consider yourself super lucky to have come across this post. Art History Kids is the online art history curriculum everyone needs to try. Filled, FILLED with lessons, activities, and resources, the creator and teacher, Lotus, provides everything […]

Curiosity Encouraged’s Holiday Gift Guide

Curiosity Encouraged’s Holiday Gift Guide

You’ve probably heard the saying, Something You Want, Something You Need, Something to Wear, Something to Read. I love the simplicity, but I lean more towards something to play, something to treasure, something that’s cozy, something to make, and something to learn. I don’t believe in taking out a loan to pay for the holidays. […]

Blogging Tips and Tricks

Blogging Tips and Tricks

It’s storytime. If you’re just looking for Blogging Tips and Tricks, scroll down. I started blogging in 2009. My oldest was three, I was teaching full-time, and documenting my journey as a mom was a respite from Thomas the train and grading. Twenty minutes here or there, I’d post a picture and sweet anecdote about […]

Family in Six Tones | A Mother-Daughter Memoir

Family in Six Tones | A Mother-Daughter Memoir

“On the first day of my junior year, Mr. Wendell called the roll and once he got to my name he widened his eyes and put on a mock expression of exaggerated confusion. “Ching chong?” he asked with swaggering theatricality.” (Family in Six Tones) My daughter is learning all about the Eastern Hemisphere this year. […]

CTCMath | A Homeschool Math Curriculum

CTCMath | A Homeschool Math Curriculum

I have a homeschooler who loves math and finds it incredibly frustrating. Some days she experiences both love and frustration in the same lesson. She appreciates the challenge of a math problem up to a point. Most of us are this way, I’d guess. We can only keep trying to understand something that is not […]

BookShark | Hands-on Science Curriculum

BookShark | Hands-on Science Curriculum

The older my daughter gets the more I appreciate a little help with homeschooling subjects like science. By help, I mean the collection of materials. There are so many resources to choose from. It can be daunting and finding high-quality books and materials is SO time-consuming. I know what we want: literature-based, secular, hands-on, fun. […]

Typing Practice Your Kids Will Love

Typing Practice Your Kids Will Love

The summer before I went to high school, I learned how to type. My father told me at the end of the summer, he’d give me as many dollars as I could type a minute. The typing program we used was on CD-ROM. No internet back in those days. It was tedious and without a […]