by Brandy Vencel | Feb 1, 2019 | Other Thoughts
:: 1 :: I’ve decided I’m going to make “Life Skills” (defined veeeeeerrry broadly) a more permanent category in our morning Circle Time. We’ve been doing our homeopathic first aid book and it’s gone really well — all the...
by Brandy Vencel | Jan 18, 2019 | Other Thoughts
:: 1 :: First recommendation: the What Have You podcast. For reasons: Loads of truth about Christian motherhood, With a *good attitude* about reality and Copious amounts of laughter. Look, Scholé Sisters gets a lot of flack about the...
by Brandy Vencel | Jan 8, 2019 | Charlotte Mason, Education, Educational Philosophy, Gifted, Home Education, Homeschooling, Other Thoughts, Parenting, Preschool, Virtue
The law is liberal, taking in whatsoever things are true, honest, and of good report, and offering no limitation or hindrance save where excess should injure. – Charlotte Mason Not all gifted children are early readers; it’s true. However, comma, from my...
by Brandy Vencel | Dec 14, 2018 | Other Thoughts
This post contains affiliate links. :: 1 :: It’s cold season, which means I’m stocking my medicine cabinet with supplies. One thing we use regularly, and which I can highly recommend, is Boiron’s Coldcalm. Disclaimer: I’m not a medical...
by Brandy Vencel | Dec 14, 2018 | Other Thoughts
This post contains affiliate links. :: 1 :: It’s cold season, which means I’m stocking my medicine cabinet with supplies. One thing we use regularly, and which I can highly recommend, is Boiron’s Coldcalm. Disclaimer: I’m not a medical...
by Brandy Vencel | Dec 11, 2018 | christmas, Home Education, Other Thoughts, Parenting
Many years ago, I found myself embarrassed by my children when, upon opening a generous Christmas gift, they innocently declared to their great grandparents, “We already have this!” Kids say the darndest things and all that, but seriously? Not even a thank...
