Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things. It’s 11am. The twins are emptying the tea cupboard onto the floor, the 2 year-old is fussing, and I’m standing at the fridge, trying to decide what to make for lunch. Just then my 11 year-old walks into the room. “What should I be doing right …
How decision fatigue is wearing down your homeschoolRead More
Written by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things. Three school-age kids, three toddlers. Sometimes I wonder if my blog’s name should actually be Amongst LIVELY Things. :) Let me give you a little background on us. We’re classical homeschoolers in the CiRCE sense- meaning that we believe …
Sarah’s homeschool day in the life (with twin 1-year-olds & a 2-, 9-, 11- and 13-year-oldRead More
Written by contributor Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things When my oldest children were small, I couldn’t wait until we could read middle grade novels together. I enjoyed reading picture books with them, of course, but it had been Beverly Cleary and Roald Dahl who had sparked my own …
5 tips for reading middle grade novels with your kidsRead More
The following is a guest post by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things. I have something of an obsession with being productive and efficient. It's a good trait when it comes to tackling my to-do list, but it's a big problem when it comes to homeschooling my kids. See, homeschooling is all …
