Can you even have a Gulliver’s Travels book party without tying up a giant like the Lilliputians? 😂 This activity was a hit with all the kids thanks to my friend Valerie! I’ll share all our activities and food ideas in this blog post as I talk about our first book party of the 2026-2027… Continue reading Gulliver’s Travels
Getting Your Homeschool Student Ready for Dual Enrollment Hello parents! 👋 My name is RaeAnna and I feel like it was just yesterday we began homeschooling a little 6 and 4 year old, but the years were short even if the days were long back then and now I have a 17 and 14 year… Continue reading Dual Enrollment help
What a splendid way to kick off our Teen Nature Journal Group for the new school year! We had a wonderful time meeting with park rangers and learning all about one of our area’s most fascinating native fruit trees: the pawpaw! Because of the size of our group, I knew it might not be possible… Continue reading Pawpaw
The Mulberry: A Tree Full of History A beautiful day for our final Nature Club of the school year! We have been so lucky this year—somehow, it seems that nearly every single month we met brought us a beautiful day to be outside. And what a perfect way to finish our year together: observing a… Continue reading Mulberry (2)
What could possibly be interesting about grass? That was the question we set out to answer at our August Nature Journal Club—and as is often the case with nature study, the answer turned out to be: quite a lot! Back when my teens were young I taught a similar object lesson on grass here and… Continue reading Grass (2)
Hello friends! If you are brand new to nature journaling, this is the post for you! I want to share some tips and insights of leading my children in observing and connecting with nature through the years. If you are a visual person like me, here is a video I made with some of our… Continue reading Nature Journaling – Start Here!
Spring in Tennessee always seems to keep us guessing. This year, the weather played a few tricks on me and forced a last-minute change to our monthly nature study plans. I had originally hoped to gather wisteria and locust blossoms for a seasonal treat with our teen nature club, but an unexpected early freeze altered… Continue reading Honeysuckle
Our year of teen book clubs is coming to a close, and this month we celebrated Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Although this classic is often recommended for younger readers (ages 10–12 is an ideal range), we still had never read it! I wanted to make space in our reading schedule this year to finally… Continue reading Black Beauty
Book Club always feels a little magical in December, but this year’s celebration had an extra sparkle. As we planned our winter gathering, we knew it was the perfect time to honor Jane Austen in her 250th birthday year by reading Emma. Long before the school year began, the moms of our book club set… Continue reading Jane Austen Emma
It’s the first day of spring—and a perfect day to get outside and enjoy a day of nature journaling with our Teen Nature Club! We met up for a wildflower hike, right on the spring equinox, and it truly felt like the world was waking up just for us. Along the trail, the redbuds were… Continue reading Redbud
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