Domestic Pursuits

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last month

in Her Thoughts , Home Schooling by Beth

Dear Homeschool Mom, You’re tougher than you think

Dear Homeschool Mom, Let’s talk. To all you other amazing, not homeschool mama’s out there, no offense intended. I still admire all that you do, I applaud all the hard mom work. But right now I want to talk to my homeschooling mama’s. Truth be known homeschooling is a rare gem, yes, but also not […]

a couple of months ago

in Children , Gardening , Home Schooling by Beth

Homeschooling | The hidden value of teaching kids to garden

You homeschool, and it’s no easy task, I know. So why exactly do you want to add ‘teaching your kids to garden’ to the list of knowledge you are trying to imbue them with? As a homeschooling mom I know the to-do’s are never-ending, and the skills and knowledge you want them to learn are […]

a few months ago

in Home Schooling by Beth

Homeschooling | teaching lost skills

There is no doubt that homeschooling can put you and your kids at an advantage. That list of advantages is ever-growing too. With the advancement of technologies and programs extending to suit families of all sorts of alternative learning models, the opportunities available to homeschoolers is more than any other time in history. Don’t get […]

8 months ago

in Home Schooling by Beth

Why we are funschooling this year

Can you remember back to your early years? Carefree and adventure filled. With so many adventures waiting to be lived that were only stifled by school walls and boring teachers. Learning was necessary but did it have to be so blasted boring? I recall feeling that way, and those same thoughts I see written on […]

9 months ago

in Home Schooling by Beth

Is it time to start planning your homeschool year?

Homeschool Planner Printables…. For FREE So yes it’s summer. Time to relax a bit more, I know. And I am, a bit. Taking the summer slow, not wishing it to go by to fast, after all homeschool moms need summer break too. Enjoying some carefree days being a mom now to 5 kiddos (geez how […]

11 months ago

in Backyard poultry , Sewing and crafting , The Homestead by Beth

What the heck is a chicken saddle?

That does sound like the funniest thing ever right? You may picture a little leather saddle, with an ‘Indian in the cupboard’ size guy riding around on a chicken. Well, that’s at least what I picture. When I first brought up chicken saddles to the hubs, he looked at me like I was an alien. […]

last year

in Her Thoughts , Home Schooling by Beth

Confessions of a Homeschool Mom

Here we are cruising through April, and I have to admit that I am excited May is next! This may sound Crazy but this Mama needs a summer break. As homeschooler we often get categorized as “weird”, even though the reality of homeschooling has really changed, check out Homeschooling stigma’s, give it up people it’s […]

last year

in Family Life , Home Schooling by Beth

Forget regular ol’ school, try Roadschooling instead

I know I have done several posts about the different ways people are educating their children nowadays. I also share a lot about how we homeschool or favorite tricks to Keeping homeschoolers busy but that doesn’t show you other ways that people are schooling their children. So I am so excited to introduce you to the […]

last year

in Home Schooling by Beth

Top 5 favorite activities to keep homeschoolers busy

As a homeschooling family there are always challenges, unique challenges not everyone is familiar with. One of the biggest challenge is how to help or be available to work with kids of all different ages at the same time! Well for us this is where scheduling their work helps the best. Math is always tricky […]

last year

in Home Schooling by Beth

What made us decide to homeschool

I have shared a lot about our homeschooling experience. I have shared some of our beginning of the year traditions, and some of my pet peeves with people and their out dated social stigmas. But I have never really shared what exactly led us to homeschool, in the first place. So why did we decide […]

last year

in Her Thoughts , Home Schooling by Beth

Homeschooling stigmas, give it up people it’s dead!

So we are homeschoolers, I don’t shy away about that. And to be quite honest I started it thinking it was pretty normal. I wasn’t raised as a homeschooled child, but I have tons of friends who are all homeschooling. And for different reasons, and with different goals. And that’s what makes our society great, […]

last year

in Home Schooling by Beth

Homeschool plan: 2016-2017 school year

Homeschool plan: 2016-2017 school year I have been wanting to get this out, and even though school has been in full swing for nearly a month, I wanted to show you what we are working on in our homeschool this school year. start with a bang Every single school year I start off with a […]

last year

in Home Schooling , The House by Beth

The HOME school-room set up

The HOME School room remodel and set up Ever since starting homeschooling, I wanted a dedicated school room. For years up until this recent move we did not have that. We had a dining room, a table and a bookshelf. I have wanted to be able to put up tools and charts or maps on […]

last year

Memory-Making first day traditions

First Day Traditions As we start back to school, I always try to do things that are memory makers. Every year and miles stone is precious, and I want to be able to remember them all. I want to remember the things they said or the size of their hands when they were first graders. […]

last year

homeschooling when your not ‘teacher like’

So you want to homeschool, but you are not very ‘teacher like’ Some people have teaching in their blood. They are the first to correct improper English usage. They have handwriting that looks more like art-work, you know the kind with the little dots placed carefully in each letter (this would be my mother-in-law). They have […]

last year

in Cloth Diapering by Beth

Top Cloth Diaper Cover picks

Okay so cloth diapers are all the rage right now. It’s green, cheaper and cuter than disposable, what’s not to love (well other than the obvious poo cleaning) That all aside there are a million options out there how is a modern parent to choose? Well one super simple option is cloth diaper covers. The […]

a couple of years ago

in Gardening , Health , Sewing and crafting , Upcycled Stuff and DIY by Beth

Easy Upcycling

Easy Upcycling We are upcyclers because we don’t like wasting money. We think going back to the days of waste not-want not make more sense. And reusing things is a better, more realistic form, of sustainable living. 1. Clothing to clothes pin bag If we are trying to not waste, that includes energy. Why pay to […]

a couple of years ago

in Children , Domestic Pursuits , Family , Home Schooling , Uncategorized by Beth

Homeschooling today

Homeschooling in 2015 So years ago it seems homeschoolers had a bad rap, they were weird, shut in’s, and “unsocialized”. But in 2015 is seems homeschooling and variations of that are on the rise. Online public school to distance learning, to full home schooling. Kids everywhere are now getting their educations at home on the […]

a couple of years ago

in Children , Cloth Diapering , Domestic Pursuits by Beth

Building a newborn-small diaper stash

Oh new babies are so cute and any new mama knows we want everything prepared and ready for them when they get here! They need soft cuddly things and new clothes and gear and so much more. Oh and then diapers! Diapering a baby may seem ok at first, $25 on a box here and […]

a couple of years ago

in Children , Cloth Diapering , Domestic Pursuits , Sewing and crafting by Beth

Cloth diapering on a Dime

As any parent knows babies can be expensive! Diapers, clothing, formula etc. The list can go on and on. If you are a parent in a larger family no doubt you look for ways to spend less to get the same results. That is where cloth diapers came in for us! When I was […]

3 years ago

in Home Schooling by Beth

5 lessons learned from Home-Schooling

After 3 years of homeschooling, I am finally starting to feel comfortable enough to write this. It was 3 years ago when I was first considering homeschooling. I was scared to death to homeschool my kids! What if I screw them up and they don’t learn anything? What if they hate school and learning because […]

3 years ago

in Domestic Pursuits , Family by Beth

Ways that ‘help’ live on one income

Living on one income As self proclaimed homesteaders, while trying to grow our little tribe and homeschool, grow much of our own food as well as tend to our flocks and so much more, we stay busy. Far to busy to be able to pull off our dreams and goals as well as work 2 […]

3 years ago

in Cloth Diapering , Domestic Pursuits by Beth

Sewing your own diapers??

Many handy mamma’s out there already use cloth diapers. Some new moms or moms to be want to use cloth, but they get expensive. Whats a mom to do. Disposables can be hard on the environment, baby’s skin and not to mention you can not re-use. Have we ever considered sewing a diaper? I had […]

3 years ago

in Cloth Diapering , Domestic Pursuits by Beth

A basic cloth diaper wipe solution

Are you into the trend of Cloth diapering? Cute prints, fluffy little bottoms, better for your wallet and the environment! What’s not to love right?! This easy and healthy DIY cloth diaper wipe solution will have you looking differently at how you clean a dirty little bottom. While it is better for the environment and […]