At the end of February we returned from a week long vacation to Folly Beach South Carolina. Having minimal time to prep much of anything, I looked through the curriculum that I hadn’t used up yet this year and stumbled upon, The Good and The Beautiful Marine Biology unit study. This seemed appropriate as we […]
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Scooby Doo and Mystery Homeschool Unit Study 🕵️♂️
My kids have had a fascination with mysteries for as long as I can remember. Tree House Detectives, on Netflix was one of their favorite televisions shows and A to Z Mysteries were some of the first chapter books I read to them. We’ve played the kid version of Clue, since Jake was two. Jacob […]
Holidays, Homeschool and December Adventures
December has come and gone quickly. This was our first Christmas since moving home to Maine, and although everything definitely didn’t go according to plan, it was wonderful none the less. Since being a mom the month of December and the days leading up to Christmas are some of my favorites. Every year I have […]
Homeschool Solar System Unit Study 🪐
We decided our next unit study this year would be about our Solar System. Here’s a highlight of some of our favorite parts about this unit and how homeschool is going three months in! Adventures ( AKA Field Trips!) The Planetarium We visited the Planetarium two times during this Solar System Unit. Between the books […]
Our Homeschool Fall Unit Study and Shifting my Mindset about Learning
Our second unit study of this school year focused on the season of Fall, in particular two of our family’s favorite things about fall…apples and the changing color of the leaves. One of the consistent themes in books I’ve read about homeschooling is the importance of adopting the mindset that learning doesn’t happen exclusively during […]
Treasure Island Pirate Unit Study
We choose to start our homeschool year with a Treasure Island Pirate Unit Study. Jake suggested the topic and we all agreed that it would be the perfect, fun way to get started on this new adventure! Treasure Island The book Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson was the anchor for this unit study. I […]
Lovely Lucid Life update October 2022
This summer we made some major life changes! Here’s an update 💛 We moved back to our home state, Maine! We made the big decision to make a major life shift and move back to our home state, Maine. Our old house will be rented for the year while we test out this new area and […]