• 1 Hour Homeschool Mentor Chat

    $50.00

    A lot of us wish for a homeschool mentor when we are beginning. There are so many choices that we don’t know where to start! I remember crying to my mom when I was beginning, “I wish there was just one choice so I would KNOW what to do.”

    If you’ve watched how I homeschool online and just wish we could sit and chat for an hour about your homeschool, your kids, and how it’s going this is the space for it.

    I’m not going to expose you to everything in this call, but rather chat the way I do with my little sister. I will listen to your problems and give you pointers and things to try. We can do this as a big sister telephone call or on zoom whichever feels better to you.

    A homeschool mentor call will be right for you if…

    If this feels out of reach for you price wise I’ve linked all kinds of information to help you get started for free.

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    A Guide to Toddler And Preschool Learning

    Original price was: $20.00.Current price is: $15.00.

    This is a guide to toddler and preschool learning. I don’t think kids need formal instruction until they are 5 or 6, but some kids have such a strong desire to learn, and some mothers want a guide into good books and activites. I hope this meets both of those needs.

    Some of this guide is featured in Around the Ancient World as the “Toddler Time” recommendations. I did not plan to make it a guide of its own but ended up creating it because I had so many mothers message and ask if I would just send them the toddler activities. Even then, I didn’t want it to just be thrown together, so I ended up adding its own features and teaching sections specific for early learners and their parents.

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    Around the Ancient World

    Original price was: $49.00.Current price is: $29.00.

    Are you interested in going around the ancient world with your homeschool lessons this year? This is a literature-based family-style curriculum for elementary students! Built to include a wide feast of ancient history from around the globe! Each week covers connected topics to explore ideas in the same categories but without the 5-day format. This allows you to have a day for co-op, two days for blended model, or a day to catch up.

    Included is:

    • Teacher’s book with all the lesson plans
    • Printable map outlines
    • 21 titled printable art pages

    ATTENTION: The purchase comes with an invitation to join the “Development Facebook Group”. 

    TO PRINT: I’ve found UPS is the cheapest. If you email them these directions they will prepare it perfectly!
    • Front and back – color printed and laminated (heavier lamination is better).
    • Inside pages – Front and back black and white printing on #28 paper
    • Spiral bind

    Or you can find a detailed outline HERE! 

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  • Book of Centuries

    $5.00

    This 59-page printable Book of Centuries journal covers from 6900 BC – 2090 AD. Keeping a book of centuries over several years allows your students to visualize how history fits together and to keep a record of what they have learned. This method of learning is compatible with and encouraged by Classical, traditional, and Charlotte Mason learning styles.

    I struggled to find a bound Book of Centuries on Amazon that wasn’t missing pages, so I decided to make my own printable version. This can be 3 hole punched and put into a three-ring binder, or spiral bound to make a heirloom version.

    The benefit of having your timeline in a book is it reduces wall clutter. It also allows your student to personalize their book with what they remember, which gives them personal connections.

    Based on my research it is best to keep one book from Kinder – 4th and another 5th- high school. This gives your students time to learn what it looks like to keep a timeline, and then a chance to create an heirloom version of what they are learning. Personally the kinder- 4th drawings my students have created are the cutest things I’ve ever seen.

    When faithfully kept, the global connections my kids have made as we study various continents have been so much fun to watch.

    Personally, I like the “Timeline” version for Kinder – 4th, and the “Book of Centuries” for 5th – the end of High School.

    I recommend printing it on 28-pound paper. If you send it to the print shop use these directions. “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound laminated first and last page.”

    For a cheaper version “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound with protective clear covers”

    The cheapest version of course is self-printing, 3-hole punching, and putting into a 3-ring binder.

    Can be used alongside my  “Around the Ancient World” curriculum

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  • Homeschool Planner – Monthly

    $15.00

    This Monthly Homeschool Planner Workbook is EXACTLY what I needed in my life. I love setting goals, journaling, and habit trackers. I made it for myself because I couldn’t find what I wanted anywhere else. My favorite questions were carefully selected and then I adjusted them to be homeschool-based. Once finished I had put so…

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  • Homeschool Planner Workbook – Blank

    $15.00

    This 19-page Homeschool Planner Workbook was written for me to use in our homeschool. By the time I finished creating it I had burnt up several hours and I decided to save some of you the trouble by making it available. 

    • I start the book with four pages of questions to analyze your homeschool year. These are similar to the usual goal-setting questions but made specific to homeschooling.
    • The next two pages are laying out the subject you want to teach and the book/methods you want to teach those subjects.
    • There are 4 pages to write books you want to read, and books you have read as you go.
    • Then comes the memorization and field trip goals.
    • The final 3 pages are to be printed every month. There are two goal-setting questions for each month, a habit tracker for your ONE thing to focus on for the month. The next page is to review your month. Analyze what worked, what didn’t work, what you have coming up, and the systems you changed to make things easier. I give you a place to rate your month just as a way to look back over the year. The final page of this section is to check in on your subject list. To see what you need to teach that month to meet your yearly goal.

    I’m looking forward to using this in my homeschool, and I hope it makes yours easy too. If you need it printed and bound I recommend Family Nest Printing! They’ve done work for me in the past and it was BEAUTIFUL! (note: just remember to print pages 16-18 as many months as you plan to do school) You can get a discount if you use the code SUNSHINE

    Click here for a flip through

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  • Kid’s Prompted Journal

    $5.00

    There are 81 pages with 79 prompts. Each page has space for drawing under the question and early elementary lines with midlines ideal for early writers. It also has a coloring page cover, so each book will be unique to your student!

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  • My Timeline Journal

    $5.00

    This 21-page printable Timeline journal covers from 7500 BC – 2050 AD. Keeping a timeline over several years allows your students to visualize how history fits together and to keep a record of what they have learned. This method of learning is compatible with and encouraged by Classical, traditional, and Charlotte Mason learning styles.

    I struggled to find a timeline journal on Amazon that wasn’t missing pages, so I decided to make my own printable version. This can be 3 hole punched and put into a three-ring binder, or spiral bound to make a heirloom version.

    The benefit of having your timeline in a book is it reduces wall clutter. It also allows your student to personalize their book with what they remember, which gives them personal connections.

    Based on my research it is best to keep one book from Kinder – 4th and another 5th- high school. This gives your students time to learn what it looks like to keep a timeline, and then a chance to create an heirloom version of what they are learning. Personally the kinder- 4th drawings my students have created are the cutest things I’ve ever seen.

    When faithfully kept, the global connections my kids have made as we study various continents have been so much fun to watch.

    Personally, I like this “Timeline” version for Kinder – 4th, and the “Book of Centuries” for 5th – the end of High School.

    I recommend printing it on 28-pound paper. If you send it to the print shop use these directions. “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound laminated first and last page.”

    For a cheaper version “28lb, black and white double-sided, color print first page, spiral-bound with protective clear covers”

    The cheapest version of course is self-printing, 3-hole punching, and putting into a 3-ring binder.

    Can be used alongside my  “Around the Ancient World” curriculum

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  • Nature Scavenger Hunt

    $6.00

    I started our own nature study group and would print off scavenger hunts, but I discovered they were all really general. I decided to make some that are seasonally appropriate, in order to make sure we can maximize the fun. There is nothing worse than losing your scavenger hunt because you can’t find a bloom in January. These can be printed off in color or black and white.

    This set also includes nature color wheels. I recommend printing them off on cardstock and then clipping clothespins to the edges. These are going to need color print.

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  • Oklahoma Nature Journal

    $7.00

    This is a guided wildlife nature journal perfect for little boys (or girls). It includes only animals that can be found in Oklahoma. My boys love learning about new animals from Wild Kratts, so I decided to take their favorite and tie in learning they will love. Each lesson has a Section to read, write, watch, and draw.

    Maybe you have intentions to do an organic nature journal with them, but it’s so opened ended that you end up doing nothing. This will take the concept and make it a fun indoor (for the super hot or cold days) or outdoor activity that strengthens their knowledge of local animals, writing skills, and drawing skills.

    To complete you will need:

    • “Wildlife Anatomy” by Julia Rothman
    • “Nature Anatomy” by Julia Rothman
    • Access to Youtube for drawing lessons
    • Access to a place to watch Wild Kratts (currently on Amazon or Netflix)

    Notes:

    These checkboxes are not law. If you want to use part of it, but not the rest, please don’t think the list at the bottom is a checklist. I wanted to create somewhat rounded resources to learn about animals, but don’t want this to become rules to follow. If your kid wants to learn more about an animal keep going, but if your child is tired and. done by task one, don’t force it.

    YouTube Drawing 

    The resources I picked were as realistic as possible. This means they are also often the harder option. If you have a younger learner try a simpler version. If you have someone older they may want to draw straight from the “Anatomy” book. I find it fun to always label the parts of the animal when we are done.

    What to write

    At my kid’s Charlotte Mason co-op/school, they ask themselves these 3 questions about whatever they are observing. Younger kids usually pick one of the questions to write a sentence about.

    • It reminds me of…
    • I wonder…
    • I notice…

    Charlotte Mason would have encouraged kids to learn first about what they can see and touch, but so if you live in Oklahoma these animals will be the perfect place to start! 

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    *for those in the US.

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  • Our Morning Routine Chore Chart

    $2.00

    This Kid’s Morning Chore Chart has ended my struggle with mornings. Before I implemented this new routine everyone needed something right away. We set out their breakfast the night before, so they can help themselves as soon as they wake up. When I get up there are three of them and one of me and I would need to be an octopus to get it all done. This routine of putting out little fires meant I wasn’t eating for a couple of hours after I got up.

    I started implementing a “No one asks for anything until mommy has had breakfast and coffee” rule. This chart is to help enforce that. If anyone asks for something before I’ve eaten, they are referred to the chart this keeps them busy until I’ve had time to make breakfast and coffee.

    This morning chore chart has a picture prompt rather than words, so even my pre-reader is able to participate.

    It includes Get Dressed, Make Bed, Put away Pajama, Put your Dishes in the Sink, and Morning Basket time.

    I did not include cleaning your room, because we do that the night before. Most morning baskets include heavy parental involvement, but the one we do is entirely independent. it includes…

    Hope this Kid’s Morning Chore Chart helps you get some uninterrupted breakfast and coffee in the morning too!

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  • Seasonal Fun Checklist Checklist

    $4.00

    I’ve been doing all-season fun checklists for about 5 years now. I caught myself just surviving seasons rather than enjoying them to their fullest. Moments would sneak up on me or pass before I remembered to take full advantage. I started making hand-drawn lists in my Midori, but those weren’t easy to put on the fridge or share with friends.

    Per request, I created a Fun Checklist for every season and shared them with my email list. I’ve compiled all of them here so you can download and print them at any time! If you want to be first in line for future free products, or offerings be sure to sign up for my email list!

    I also have Nature Scavenger Hunts to help keep you enjoying the outdoors in every season too!

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  • Student Narration Notebook – College Rule

    $5.00

    These are printable pages for Narration Notebooks!

    Directions for printing:

    • Front and back – color printed and laminated (heavier lamination is better).
    • Inside pages – Front and back black and white printing on #28 paper, cut in half

    I printed 50 pages for mine and then spiral-bound it with this metal coil. 

    Wide Rule Option 

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  • Student Narration Notebook – Wide Rule

    $5.00

    These are printable pages for Narration Notebooks!

    Directions for printing:

    • Front and back – color printed and laminated (heavier lamination is better).
    • Inside pages – Front and back black and white printing, cut in half

    College Rule  Option

    I printed 50 pages for mine and then spiral-bound it with this metal coil.

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