Cedar glades are unique to the Middle Tennessee region and our local Nature Adventure spot has many of the same characteristics! A large limestone presence, Eastern red cedar trees, moss and wildflowers, and there is even a large prickly pear cactus in the home across the street from the parking lot! I had students journal… Continue reading Cedar Glades
Identifying birds in the winter is one of our seasonal favorites! This month, I took the next step to really focus on some of the classification sciences concerning birds. We are learning Latin in our co-op so adding the scientific names to our nature journal was a natural progression. This is a great video to… Continue reading Birds and Taxonomy
I have loved the elementary years of homeschooling. It has been one of the sweetest, innocent, and playful experiences of motherhood and I both mourn and celebrate this new stage of parenting and homeschooling. Through a lot of prayer I have decided to step away from being an admin of the local Wild + Free… Continue reading W+F Teen Spring Hill
Article by Sheila Johnsnon One of Ambleside Online’s selections for Year 3 is the Jungle Book and since it’s more fun to read a book with other people, we decided to use it for one of our Wild + Free book parties this year. The book is by Rudyard Kipling and is full of tales… Continue reading Jungle Book Party
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a classic book that lends itself to an amazing PARTY!!! There are so many wonderful ideas online to inspire a celebration of this classic child's fantasy book! We knew that the beginning of December would be the perfect time for the celebration and reading of this wonderful… Continue reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe book party
For years I have had the book Cricket in Times Square on my reading list and it took my friend Julia choosing this party for our monthly book club to finally read this sweet book to my children! I don't know what took me so long! It is the most darling story with wonderful music… Continue reading Cricket in Times Square Book Party
Hosted and written by Jennifer THE HOBBIT BOOK PARTY My son got very interested in Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings movies this pastsummer, so I thought we might start reading The Hobbit this year. Location When we decided to read The Hobbit, I knew we had to host a book party at ForestGully… Continue reading Hobbit 2022
Hosted by Amanda Our 2022-2023 school year activities began with a book party celebrating Farmer Boy! Late summer is the peak time for harvesting gardens on homesteads. We have an amazing group of families that intentionally use their land to grow food for their families. Reading this book is an inspiration for both the children… Continue reading Farmer Boy
Our W+F group has hosted a handcraft fair every semester for almost 2 years now. It's been amazing to see how it has grown from just a few families to one of the biggest events of the year! I brought my camera along with me this time to document some of the day and also… Continue reading Handcraft Fair
Photo by Michele Last month during our Nature Adventure we decided that the topic of our next object lesson should be snakes since we had 3 sightings during our exploration time! This is certainly snake season! So many of my friends have been posting pictures of their recent sightings! I'm glad we could devote our… Continue reading Snakes
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