As the school year is beginning, many families are learning how to navigate back to school routines, distance learning routines, new homeschool routines, and more. Increasing productivity is at the utmost importance if families want to be able to accomplish necessary tasks while still being able to tend to their kids when they are home. For us, that answer was in block scheduling. Block scheduling is vital to keeping our family running smoothly. What is Block Scheduling? Block scheduling ...
Block Scheduling: What it is and why you need it
Elements of Art for Homeschoolers
The Elements of Art for Homeschoolers With the pandemic turning many parents into inadvertent homeschoolers, The Inpired Mrs L asked me to give some guidance on adding creativity and art to the homeschool curriculum. Education just isn’t complete without the added elements of art. My mother was an artist so growing up she always encouraged our creativity and I learned early on the psychological and intellectual benefits of creativity. Art is one of those subjects that is ...
Grandma’s Peach Cobbler
My grandmother was a quiet woman. She was a thinker, a quiet observer. She was a strong believer at heart and enjoyed having fun with us grandkids. I remember her teaching me how "not to make pancakes" (no measuring involved), and how to pick carrots from their small garden. This peach cobbler recipe somehow made it to me years after she had passed. I don't have any memory of eating it with her in fact. Yet, somehow this recipe snuck up on me like a ninja...silent until one day it hit me! I ...
20 Sensational Summer Desserts
I love dessert. That's no surprise to you, I'm sure. I think I love summer desserts the best! Why? Flavor! Temperature! Fun! I love desserts with fresh fruit favors, and in the summer fruit is at its absolute best! Summer is a great time to break out all of those cold desserts. If you know me, you know I'll eat ice cream year-round but a great cold dessert makes the dog days of summer go by a little easier. I feel as we get into the "holiday season" of fall and winter, our desserts get a little ...
fierce, free, and full of fire: what i need
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the launch team for Jen Hatmaker’s new book, “Fierce, Free and Full of Fire.” This post is the first in a series of posts related to what I took away from reading this book. All quotes are from Jen Hatmaker, unless otherwise noted. It's been a while since I published the first post in this series. There are several reasons for this, the least being that we are in month five of quarantine and life is, well, a different kind of crazy. ...
Exploring and Learning with Paint: Meaningful Art Activities for Your Kids
We've been at home with our kids for quite some time now and maybe if you're like me, you feel like you're running out of things to do. I know we've recently had the television on more than I like, and the hotter it gets the less time we want to spend outdoors. Being indoors more means I've had to get creative. I've found ways to engage in more meaningful art activities with things we have here at home. Art is a simple, fun activity that kids absolutely love! One simple tool that we've been ...
