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Day 2: Annual Sale & Giveaways! is a post from Confessions of a Homeschooler. If you’ve enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Erica on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+! Also be sure to stop by her Community to join the discussion or her Store to see her latest items! Welcome to day 2 of my annual Homeschool Curriculum Sale!! I’m doing a ton of giveaways this week, and offering a massive sale in my store, so if you’ve been waiting to get my curriculum, the time is now! I only do this sale once a year, so don’t wait! AND…I’m doing a different giveaway each...

You’ve heard about living books and they sound great! You want your children to read books that are practically alive and exciting to read. But, where can you find them? What books are living books anyway? Well, here are some tips to locate living books and bring them into your home school. Dive Into The Classics Start with the classics like Treasure Island, Peter Pan, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Heidi, Freckles, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. These books have stood the test of time, delighting children for generation. Choose Curriculum That Uses Living Books Textbooks can be dry and...

I am super excited to share this news with you!  Timberdoodle just recently revealed their 2020 Curriculum kits and I am excited to announce that we will be using and reviewing their First Grade Elite Curriculum Kit (with F) throughout the upcoming school year, beginning with this unboxing!  This kit is chock-full of amazing products.  I want you to get a look inside at what's included and what specifically we will be using.  And yes, our school year does not typically begin until August but I wanted to get this unboxing to you quickly as you might already be planning...

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Student loans and interest accumulation 2. Thoughts on air fryers 3. Consequences of unpaid credit cards 4. Make leftovers into a casserole 5. Spending wakeup call 6. Obligation to support local businesses? 7. Evernote versus Notion 8. Can we afford the house? 9. Netflix binge watching suggestions 10. Work from home now permanent 11. Switching to homeschooling 12. Sourdough question I’ve been a standing desk user for about...

I have mentioned the Anna Vance Paper Co planners several times over the last few months and specifically how much I love the one I have. Prior to this one, I was using an online planner to map out our lesson plan each week which I would just print and put in a 3-ring binder. I’d print out my free calendar to keep track of months, find a downloadable attendance sheet somewhere, and make spreadsheets for budgets to kind of tie it all together. It was a system that did what it needed to do with no frills or extra...