Blessed {& Highly Caffeinated}

We love audiobooks at our house. Since we strive to be as screen free as possible, we let our kids listen to audiobooks as much as they want. They listen to them during naptime/quiet time during the day, and at night when they are going to sleep.  I've always been picky about what books I read to my littles and let them listen to--no twaddle allowed, only living books for us. (Look up Charlotte Mason--she is totally homeschool goals.) I've always loved old books--there are no substitutes for the classics. I love hearing my little people use old turns of phrase and colloquialisms in their everyday conversations. It's adorable. I like to give them books that fuel their imaginations and it thrills me when I overhear them reenacting the stories they listen to. We use Audible for our audiobooks. There are so many classic stories to choose from, as well as some fabulous new stories. (For dramatized stories, we use Apple Music and listen to Focus on the Family Radio Theatre...

This is repost of a blog I wrote last year. It gives a little overview of our "unschooling" and how we try to incorporate learning every day activities. Our "school days" are constantly changing and evolving and will take on a little more structure once we start back up this fall with our oldest beginning 1st grade. Painting by Charles Lucy "Sunshine Hours"    Isn't this picture lovely? This may or may not be how I envisioned our homeschooling days looking.  You know, back in my youth, whilst I sat and daydreamed of when "one day" came and I had my own precious brood of little darlings. I can still remember how my mind used to wander....   Classical music playing softly in the background. Teas at 3 o'clock every afternoon--with lovely teacups, of course. Happy little chit-chat with my girls.  "Please, Mommy, just one more chapter?"  "Mommy, may sister and I go play with our dollies now?" "...