Attracting birds to our backyards is easy with bird feeders. My favorite birds to watch zoom around outside are hummingbirds because they can actually be quite friendly! Hummingbird feeders are different than other bird feeders because hummingbirds sip nectar instead of eating seeds. Attract these ... Read More about Easy DIY Hummingbird Food Recipe
Easy DIY Hummingbird Food Recipe
Easy Plants for Kids to Grow
Gardening with kids is a fantastic spring and summer activity that encourages families to spend time together outside. Is this your first time starting a garden with your kids? Let's look at some fun and EASY plants to grow with kids! Edible vs. Ornamental Plants Flowers play a vital ... Read More about Easy Plants for Kids to Grow
18 Beautiful Butterfly Books for Kids
Learning about caterpillars and butterflies is a childhood tradition for many kids! The lifecycle is fascinating and the gorgeous colors of all the butterflies keep kids paging through books again and again. This is a spring science topic for many homeschool families year after year. Here are some ... Read More about 18 Beautiful Butterfly Books for Kids
Hands-On Butterfly Activities for Kids
Spring is the perfect time to add some butterfly fun to your home! Hatching our own butterflies is a spring tradition for us. While we wait for our caterpillars to arrive, we dig into some great books and projects to learn more about butterflies. Here are our favorite spring time butterfly books and ... Read More about Hands-On Butterfly Activities for Kids
How to Overcome Homeschool Burnout
Homeschool burnout happens to everyone at some point - new homeschoolers and veteran homeschoolers alike. It's that feeling that you just can't do another day of homeschool. You need a break. For some reason, February is a time when many homeschoolers find themselves feeling deflated, but it can ... Read More about How to Overcome Homeschool Burnout
Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids
One of my favorite ways to get kids involved with gardening is helping them start their own seeds. The wonder that comes through when those first tiny seedlings break through the soil surface with just so fun to watch! When I first started growing our own seedlings for our garden, I bought ... Read More about Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids
10 Beautiful Winter Poetry Books for Kids
Poetry Tea Time is wildly popular among homeschoolers, but I found it overwhelming because of all the beautiful table displays I kept seeing on Instagram. We finally gave it a try, and it's been a huge hit in our homeschool routine for several years now! If you're feeling intimidated, check out this ... Read More about 10 Beautiful Winter Poetry Books for Kids
Valentine’s Day Books for Kids
It's time to bring out Valentine's Day books for our kids! I love snuggling up with my kids and a good book, and this month we get to read lots of books about snuggles while we're at it! I add these books to our Morning Basket book list for February, and I'll even come back to a few of ... Read More about Valentine’s Day Books for Kids
Top 10 Posts of 2020
And just like that, another year is gone! It's been interesting to look back at all that happened in 2020. Even though it's been a rough year in some ways, looking back showed us that we actually had a pretty great year. I'm excited for a some new things that we have in store for our family and for ... Read More about Top 10 Posts of 2020
Black History Month Resources for Kids
During the beginning of every year we spend time learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a national holiday that's observed on the 3rd Monday of January and February is Black History Month (also known as ... Read More about Black History Month Resources for Kids
Looking Ahead to a New Year with New Goals
At first I was a bit lost when I started thinking about my goals for 2021. We’re coming out of such a strange year, so it’s incredibly hard to know what might be reasonable goals when our life is still nowhere near back to “normal”. I’m a goal setter, but I just wasn’t inspired because our state is ... Read More about Looking Ahead to a New Year with New Goals
Martin Luther King, Jr. Notebooking Pages
When we think about the Civil Rights Movement, we often think about Martin Luther King, Jr. At least for me, he's one of the first to come to mind when introducing my kids to this time period. His "I Have a Dream" speech is certainly one of the more famous moments and there are so many wonderful ... Read More about Martin Luther King, Jr. Notebooking Pages