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  • Halloween Homeschool Activities 2025

    One of my favorite parts of homeschooling is during the holidays when we can theme a lot of our school activities around the holiday! With a baby, I’m feeling a little behind, but I have started planning some Halloween homeschool activities to do with the kids this Halloween and I wanted to share them here!…

  • A Pirate Unit Study!

    My kids and I recently read Treasure Island together. Afterwards, we watched Muppets Treasure Island as well as Treasure Planet. Then I started noticing that we were reading and watching more about pirates and that my kids were interested, so I decided to go to Pinterest for some ideas and make it a full-on pirate…

  • Raising Caterpillars to Butterflies!

    A few weeks ago, my oldest daughter Ashtyn (age 8) caught some caterpillars at her grandparents’ house. She has always loved bugs and wanted to take them home to raise them. Ben and I were all for it, so home they came. Last year, we had tried with some monarch caterpillars. Unfortunately, it didn’t work…