from the archives:
Friends know my deep, abiding love for Pinterest. Let me tell how much easier homeschooling, homemaking, and all things creative are today! I remember the tremendous struggle it once was having a list of poetry to memorize, for instance, and not being able to track down a particular piece in print. Countless dead ends or false starts accrued simply because there was no way to access all the materials or patterns or whatnot. My gratitude for the internet, generally, and Pinterest, specifically, is therefore profound. So many resources right at your fingertips. You have to be smart about how to gather and make use of them however. Good ideas you cannot quickly access will not likely be put to use. It is wonderful to have it online but since we cannot and would never dream of doing all there is to do it helps to decide which of those fun things would make the most of our month and then start to plan.
I am busy printing out pages and creating binders for each month so our lists are at the ready and can be slipped out when we run to the store or library. Some of things included in our binders are:
recipes we plan to make
craft or decorating projects we hope to finish
books we will look for,
poems we will recite
hymns we will learn
seasonal worksheets
coloring pages
quotes (seasonal or liturgical)
Before I put these in page protectors I snapped some photos of some of our October pages:
There are numerous links to free fall printables, so one of those will be the cover.
One or two crafty or food ideas for each week to include feast day desserts and a birthday cake and a gift.
The book basket is never exhaustive but rather just a smattering of titles pulled from our modest stash which will be supplemented by library books, ebooks, and online articles.
Some links we are enjoying:
If you keep seasonal binders, baskets or pin boards I would love to see them!
Starry Sky Journal 