BLOG

Matilda by Roald DahlHosted by Lauren Tomlin Roald Dahl's books make for the best book parties! There is so much creativity and childhood imagination within Dahl's storylines. The book Matilda is no exception! Children love relating to Matlida's cleverness as she goes from being ignored by her family to being loved by her teacher and… Continue reading Matilda Book Party

Our topic for this month's Nature Adventure was moss! Moss is a plant, but different from our common flowering plants. We began our discussion today on how living things can be categorized into different levels. This graphic is from my Child's World volume about plants and animals and a great visual on the differences between… Continue reading Moss Nature Adventure

Today was a wonderful day to finish out a year long project in our monthly Nature Adventure! We focused on the last two herbs in the Herb Fairy series: Cinnamon and Dandelion! 📷 Lara - a big group today! Dandelion is such a popular herb and a great plant to learn more about medicinal properties… Continue reading Cinnamon and Dandelion

Written and hosted by Amanda Mateer Oh the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  When planning what book we were going to read for our book party month, I sat and scanned my shelves for over an hour trying to figure out what book we wanted to celebrate with our friends.  As my hands scanned over the… Continue reading Wizard of Oz Book Party

I can't believe we are almost to the end of our year long adventure into the Herb Fairy books! We have loved them so much that I'm continuing a small group next year that will dive deeper into these monthly sessions and help moms and kids keep a detailed journal about the healing properties of… Continue reading Pine and Rose

By RaeAnna Goss Every summer I go through the books we own and find the titles I want to focus on reading during the school year. One of the main subjects of our curriculum is history. I have a list of dates in American history that we cover each year. Last year, the dates 1800-1900… Continue reading Lizzie’s War Book Tour

The Sign of the Beaver Book PartyBy MaryBeth Fortner Many people don’t realize that The Sign of the Beaver is inspired by a true story from Milo, Maine in 1802. Growing up in Maine, we would spend time at family property off the Penobscot River in old hunting cabins. There was no electricity. There were… Continue reading Sign of the Beaver Book Party

📷 Mama MaryBeth - a fun string of interlocking burrs! Today we explored the wonderful plant Common Burdock! The Herb Fairy for this plant is named Arc for the scientific name "Arctium minus" and like the fairy, likes to stay low to the ground but has huge leaves for the wings! The cover of our… Continue reading Burdock

The "real" marshmallows on the left and the "fake" on the right! I remember the first time I heard of Marshmallow Root at a health food store as a woman handed me a bag of smelly powder for my sore throat. The image of fluffy and sweet marshmallows used for hot chocolate and S'mores was… Continue reading Marshmallow

Wingfeather Saga Party Book Party hosted by Sherri, RaeAnna, Ashlyn, Brittany, Amanda, and Jennifer Our sweet friend Shannon originally planned and set the date for our Wingfeather Party but because of sickness, instead of cancelling the party we went ahead with it and changed the location to a state park where three of our families… Continue reading Wingfeather Book Party