• I held up my end of a bargain! It’s so easy to just let little wishes slip by the wayside, but it’s just so satisfying when you actually fulfill them. ❄️ Over the summer, we did the $1 Regal movies and every time we went, the oldest saw the Abominable movie poster and asked if we could see it. At the time, it wasn’t out, so I told him that maybe we’d see it later (the easiest way to say No). But, it’s been in the back of my mind for months now, and I wanted to make sure to treat him to it. 🍿 So today, breakfast was movie theater popcorn and it turns out that Abominable has a Chinese geography theme to it, so we looked up Beijing and Shanghai before we got there. This weekend maybe we’ll learn some basic Chinese words and phrases and talk about what’s currently going on over there to continue with the theme. 🇨🇳 If anyone has some favorite Chinese dinner or snack recipes, too, I’d love to hear them! The port buns looked soooo goooood! 🥟
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    I held up my end of a bargain! It’s so easy to just let little wishes slip by the wayside, but it’s just so satisfying when you actually fulfill them. ❄️ Over the summer, we did the $1 Regal movies and every time we went, the oldest saw the Abominable movie poster and asked if we could see it. At the time, it wasn’t out, so I told him that maybe we’d see it later (the easiest way to say No). But, it’s been in the back of my mind for months now, and I wanted to make sure to treat him to it. 🍿 So today, breakfast was movie theater popcorn and it turns out that Abominable has a Chinese geography theme to it, so we looked up Beijing and Shanghai before we got there. This weekend maybe we’ll learn some basic Chinese words and phrases and talk about what’s currently going on over there to continue with the theme. 🇨🇳 If anyone has some favorite Chinese dinner or snack recipes, too, I’d love to hear them! The port buns looked soooo goooood! 🥟
  • Our very own little pumpkins from our very own little garden this year! 🎃 First pumpkins ever 😍 Next year, we’ll be sure to plant them earlier!
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    Our very own little pumpkins from our very own little garden this year! 🎃 First pumpkins ever 😍 Next year, we’ll be sure to plant them earlier!
  • Impromptu Photoshop lesson this morning! 🖌 Oh man, what I would have given to have understood how professional photo editing software worked when I was 5! The kids are learning to do some fun tricks as they go - we’re learning about Layers (like presents - you can “look inside” by turning off the view and seeing what’s beneath!), Opacity (like a wall), Transparency (like a window), the Eyedropper, Pencil and Eraser tools, choosing colors and adjusting Brightness 🖍
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    Impromptu Photoshop lesson this morning! 🖌 Oh man, what I would have given to have understood how professional photo editing software worked when I was 5! The kids are learning to do some fun tricks as they go - we’re learning about Layers (like presents - you can “look inside” by turning off the view and seeing what’s beneath!), Opacity (like a wall), Transparency (like a window), the Eyedropper, Pencil and Eraser tools, choosing colors and adjusting Brightness 🖍
  • Throwback to last week’s Beekeeping Workshop with @beekingsco ! The kids (and I) learned a TON about beekeeping and the life and work of honeybees 🐝 If you asked the kids what their favorite part was or what they learned, they’ll promptly tell you that if a queen bee dies, the hive goes crazy! 🍯 They’ll also tell you that there are three different types of bees in a hive and they are the Workers (girls), Drones (boys), and the Queen (girl); that the GIRLS have stingers and that the Drones are lazy bums who will sometimes forget to even feed themselves! 😅 It was a great workshop and we’re excited to someday add bees to our little homestead! 🐝 #savethebees #homeschoollife #homeschooliscool #unschooling #unschoolinglife #freetolearn #wildandfree #letthembelittle #beesknees #naturelovers #homesteading #homesteadlife #homesteadersofinstagram #secularhomeschool #learnbydoing
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    Throwback to last week’s Beekeeping Workshop with @beekingsco ! The kids (and I) learned a TON about beekeeping and the life and work of honeybees 🐝 If you asked the kids what their favorite part was or what they learned, they’ll promptly tell you that if a queen bee dies, the hive goes crazy! 🍯 They’ll also tell you that there are three different types of bees in a hive and they are the Workers (girls), Drones (boys), and the Queen (girl); that the GIRLS have stingers and that the Drones are lazy bums who will sometimes forget to even feed themselves! 😅 It was a great workshop and we’re excited to someday add bees to our little homestead! 🐝 #savethebees #homeschoollife #homeschooliscool #unschooling #unschoolinglife #freetolearn #wildandfree #letthembelittle #beesknees #naturelovers #homesteading #homesteadlife #homesteadersofinstagram #secularhomeschool #learnbydoing
  • Yesterday, this one read an entire 47 page book! By himself! 📚 And what’s crazy is that we’ve hardly “taught” him to read at all. In fact, reading was something we weren’t sure how to approach, since the English language is so danged inconsistent. But here we are, with his chapter book in hand, and somehow he figured it out mostly on his own! (And mostly because, in order to do more in his video games, he’s taught himself/we’ve helped him to learn how to read short phrases and long words as he needs them) 🧐 It’s amazing how much kids soak up and how quickly their brains absorb information when they’re ready for it 🤩
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    Yesterday, this one read an entire 47 page book! By himself! 📚 And what’s crazy is that we’ve hardly “taught” him to read at all. In fact, reading was something we weren’t sure how to approach, since the English language is so danged inconsistent. But here we are, with his chapter book in hand, and somehow he figured it out mostly on his own! (And mostly because, in order to do more in his video games, he’s taught himself/we’ve helped him to learn how to read short phrases and long words as he needs them) 🧐 It’s amazing how much kids soak up and how quickly their brains absorb information when they’re ready for it 🤩
  • That action shot, though 😂🦸🏼‍♂️
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    That action shot, though 😂🦸🏼‍♂️
  • Our dinosaur book haul for the week (its a bit smaller than I’d wanted, but it’s what I had the bandwidth to dig up 😅)! We got the Dinosaur Dictionary at Costco, and it has information on every dino that’s ever been discovered! Bodhi insisted on reading the whole thing cover to cover 😂 (luckily his attention span didn’t last that long) 🦖 How To Be A T-Rex was a silly and fun one, and the kids LOVED listening to the Magic Tree House in the car together! Fun fact: Audible and Audiobooks has a MTH Collection that gets you 8 books for 1 credit 🙌🏻 🦕 We also scored See Inside the World of Dinosaurs at our favorite Seattle used bookstore @pegasusbookexchange and it has about a bazillion flaps to open up. ☄️ Camp Rex was a bit too boring for the kids (but Mom thought it was cute). 📚 Next, we’re onto Knights and Castles (or we might skim over that and go straight to Egypt, since the kids are begging for pyramids and mummies)! 👑 #homeschoollife #homeschool #homeschoolroom #homeschooling #homeschoolcollective #passporttoadventures #unschooling #homeschoolcurriculum #unschoolingfamily #unschoolinglife #unschoolers #unitstudy #lifeschooling #freeschool #freeschooling #projectbasedlearning #projectbasedhomeschooling #letthembelittle #letthemexplore #letthemplay
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    Our dinosaur book haul for the week (its a bit smaller than I’d wanted, but it’s what I had the bandwidth to dig up 😅)! We got the Dinosaur Dictionary at Costco, and it has information on every dino that’s ever been discovered! Bodhi insisted on reading the whole thing cover to cover 😂 (luckily his attention span didn’t last that long) 🦖 How To Be A T-Rex was a silly and fun one, and the kids LOVED listening to the Magic Tree House in the car together! Fun fact: Audible and Audiobooks has a MTH Collection that gets you 8 books for 1 credit 🙌🏻 🦕 We also scored See Inside the World of Dinosaurs at our favorite Seattle used bookstore @pegasusbookexchange and it has about a bazillion flaps to open up. ☄️ Camp Rex was a bit too boring for the kids (but Mom thought it was cute). 📚 Next, we’re onto Knights and Castles (or we might skim over that and go straight to Egypt, since the kids are begging for pyramids and mummies)! 👑 #homeschoollife #homeschool #homeschoolroom #homeschooling #homeschoolcollective #passporttoadventures #unschooling #homeschoolcurriculum #unschoolingfamily #unschoolinglife #unschoolers #unitstudy #lifeschooling #freeschool #freeschooling #projectbasedlearning #projectbasedhomeschooling #letthembelittle #letthemexplore #letthemplay
  • Dino days with Dino nuggets, bones (fries), lava dipping sauce (ketchup) and Dino eggs (grapes). 🦖 A little imagination goes a long way 💪🏻
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    Dino days with Dino nuggets, bones (fries), lava dipping sauce (ketchup) and Dino eggs (grapes). 🦖 A little imagination goes a long way 💪🏻
  • This week, we #unschooled with dinosaurs! 🦕 I’m excited to add a bit of structure and more intentional play-based learning to the kids’s lives and we’re loosely using the #passporttoadventures curriculum as inspiration (also, thank you to @the_eclectic_homeschooler for the additional inspiration!!) 🦖 The kids said that Dino day was the BEAT DAY EVER (success) and now they beg to listen to the Magic Tree House in the car (double success!) 📚 Today, we’re continuing with Dinos and will have more pictures to come! Next week is Knights & Castles and the week after is Egypt and Mummies (which Theo is already BEGGING to move onto) 🎒 #homeschool #freetolearn #learningthroughplay #unschoolinglife #unschoolingfamily #letthembelittle #freeschool #freeschooling #kidsactivities #homeschoolcollective #homeschoolpreschool #homeschoolroom #homeschooldays #homeschoolfamily
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    This week, we #unschooled with dinosaurs! 🦕 I’m excited to add a bit of structure and more intentional play-based learning to the kids’s lives and we’re loosely using the #passporttoadventures curriculum as inspiration (also, thank you to @the_eclectic_homeschooler for the additional inspiration!!) 🦖 The kids said that Dino day was the BEAT DAY EVER (success) and now they beg to listen to the Magic Tree House in the car (double success!) 📚 Today, we’re continuing with Dinos and will have more pictures to come! Next week is Knights & Castles and the week after is Egypt and Mummies (which Theo is already BEGGING to move onto) 🎒 #homeschool #freetolearn #learningthroughplay #unschoolinglife #unschoolingfamily #letthembelittle #freeschool #freeschooling #kidsactivities #homeschoolcollective #homeschoolpreschool #homeschoolroom #homeschooldays #homeschoolfamily
  • Family make-your-own-pizza night for the win! 🍕 We had a bar of toppings - sausage, pineapple (it DOES belong on pizza!), ham, mushrooms, basil, etc, which was fun (though the kids only stuck to the classic pepperoni and sausage, of course) 🍅 And while we were making, we listened to Italian music! Other things that we could have done, but forgot/the kids were interested in other things: 🇮🇹 - Pointed Italy out on a map - Draw Italian flags - Learn some basic Italian words by asking Alexa or Siri or playing with Duolingo - Watched an Italian, Italian-dubbed or Italian-inspired movie 👨🏻‍🍳 But for the night being, just pizzas and Italian music was fun enough for antsy kids ❤️ #unschooling
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    Family make-your-own-pizza night for the win! 🍕 We had a bar of toppings - sausage, pineapple (it DOES belong on pizza!), ham, mushrooms, basil, etc, which was fun (though the kids only stuck to the classic pepperoni and sausage, of course) 🍅 And while we were making, we listened to Italian music! Other things that we could have done, but forgot/the kids were interested in other things: 🇮🇹 - Pointed Italy out on a map - Draw Italian flags - Learn some basic Italian words by asking Alexa or Siri or playing with Duolingo - Watched an Italian, Italian-dubbed or Italian-inspired movie 👨🏻‍🍳 But for the night being, just pizzas and Italian music was fun enough for antsy kids ❤️ #unschooling