Well, I was hoping to hop on and give a very positive update to homeschool with AO. If you are keeping up with my posts, you will see that I shared two weeks ago that I have made some changes to make this curriculum more accessible for my daughter. I had high hopes, and thought the new layout would be what sparked her interest and we could get more work done each day. I had to cut her slack since we had a sick week, and I did not push her really hard to power through. I recen

Alright, once again it has been awhile since I have posted, but this entire Ambleside program has been rewarding first and foremost, but also it is a lot of work! My daughter has needed to adjust to this more in depth program since it is more time consuming that the coursework we have done for first grade or kindergarten. How did we achieve the slower pace?? Well I simply found this great resource on the Ambleside Facebook group. It was free to use, but it was for Year 4, and

Sorry for the delay in posting, but lets be real August was fast. I mean did it even really happen?? I did a soft back to homeschool week in August introducing the girls to their math curriculums. I also had a homeschool expo I was at for my enrichment program, so it has been BUSY! Our first week back we did just a math lesson each day and a short read aloud. I did a post about what curriculum I chose, you can go back to read about that here. We are using the free Charlotte M

When I decided on homeschooling my children, I began my search for an enrichment program I could send my kids once a week for some socialization. If you are a fellow homeschool parent like me, you will hear this as the number one reason we should not homeschool. "What about socialization?" Well I am here to debunk this notion that homeschool kids are not socialized. This was my reasoning for finding a program for my oldest daughter at the time. She was with me everyday at wo

Well we have finally made it to the planning post! For those of you not familiar with Ambleside, I suggest you head to their website to familiarize yourself with the layout, and structure. As I mentioned before, it is free to use. I also recommended joining the Facebook group, and the forum. Both are available to anyone who is using Ambleside Online for your main homeschool curriculum. I started by printing off the book lists for my daughter, who will be in Y2. I also, have a

My decision to homeschool my children was not something I thought up over night. It was a series of current events from 2020-2022 that solidified my decision. I think we all know the time period I am referring too, some called it a pandemic, others called it a PLANNED-emic. Regardless of where you land on the politics surrounding those years, it is what took place during that time that made my husband Robby and I decide to homeschool. At the time we had two little girls, and