How COVID-19 Has Affected Life – So Far
So, I thought it would be interesting to document some of the ways the Coronavirus has been changing our life. I’m curious if when we look back years from now this will just be a little blip in our lives or if it will have affected every day life. When I was a teenager I used to keep a journal, but in the last few years this space has become my journal so this is where I will document it. Just a little timeline to start: Monday, March 9th – friends who were in China but had spent the last number of weeks in Thailand due to the…
Homeschooling While Social Distancing
Even though we’ve homeschooled for years there is a difference between regular homeschooling and homeschooling when social distancing. Personally, I like to make sure we have an even balance of days at home and days out an about to be able to help out both my introvert and extrovert. So while we are used to having an entire day at home, we are not used to doing it for days on end. I want to do a little post later this week on how life is different right now as a result of COVID-19 because I think that will be interesting to look back on years from now. …
Reading The Land of Stories, Emily of New Moon and Trying a Chapter
Well, this was a weird week in the world! Thankfully I’m stocked with books and can continue Middle Grade March and reading for months without worrying about running out of materials! What are you reading these days? BOOK OUTLET REFERRAL LINKS BookOutlet.com (US) BookOutlet.ca (Canada) *If you haven’t ordered BookOutlet there before you can get $10 off your first order with my referral link (and I’ll get $10 too, free books for both of us!). BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED Lovely Day with Holly Merphy Napier MY BOOK-ISH NEWSLETTER 2020 READ YOUR BOOKSHELF CHALLENGE MY MASTER TBR
Reading Middle Grade Books as An Adult
Even though I am an adult I still enjoy reading a good middle grade book. Over on YouTube the month of March is dubbed “Middle Grade March” and so I’ve been reading a higher number of middle grade books than normal this month. A good book can be enjoyed by children and adults alike and there are some really good middle grade books I have read over the years. This week I shared two book-ish videos in regards to middle grade books which you can check out below. MIDDLE GRADE BOOK TAG I’m having such a blast with Middle Grade March! I was tagged to do the Middle…
An Easy DIY Escape Room for Kids
At the beginning of last week I had a random-middle-of-the-night idea to make a DIY escape room for my kids. I’m not normally big into planning activities for my kids, Raeca often asks for a scavenger hunt for her birthday and that’s about the extent of it. But for whatever reason the idea came into my head and I got really excited about it. I searched on Pinterest for ideas and of course I got a few ideas but there was no ready-made escape room, it was a lot of getting little ideas here and there. I wanted to keep the escape room simple (for me) and didn’t…
The Best Homeschool Week We’ve Had in a Long Time
Wow, what a difference once week can make! And I mean that in so many different ways. In the middle of last week I made the decision to officially switch to unschooling my kids. I know the term unschooling is a terrible name, it’s not really as hippie as it sounds, I promise. And it was like a weight was instantly lifted off my shoulders. We ended up having the best “homeschool week” we’ve had in a long time. Also, a week ago we were hanging out at one of our local museums where we have a membership and now they are all closed. A week ago many of our friends…
