Summer is finally here! ☀️ One of the questions homeschoolers get asked all the time is: "Do you take the summer off?" In today's video, I'm sharing what summer homeschooling looks like for our family, along with our plans for travel, reading, activities, and a little bit of learning. While we do continue some school through the summer, it's much lighter than our regular school year. Our goal is simply to keep moving forward with math, language arts, and reading while leaving

Our homeschool year is almost finished, so it's time to look back on everything we learned, loved, and would do differently! In this video I'm sharing an honest review of our 2025-2026 homeschool year, including our favourite unit studies, biggest challenges, and the books that stood out the most for our family. Find all the books with (affiliate links that are no extra cost to you!) here: Very Very Far North Wilderlore Heartwood Hotel 2 Lion, Witch and Wardrobe Percy Jackson

The homeschool year is wrapping up, summer break is around the corner, and I'm sharing exactly what I do to close out one homeschool year and prepare for the next. Last year, I left everything until August and spent all of September feeling behind. This year, I’m re-implementing my simple end-of-year routine that helps me head into summer feeling organized and ready for the new school year. Here are the 9 things I do now to enjoy the summer and start the next school year on t

Long-Term Homeschool Planning for the 2026-2027 Academic Year t’s time to plan our next homeschool year! In today’s video, I’m walking through my full long-term homeschool planning process — from reflecting on this past year to mapping out topics, routines, and weekly plans for next year.

Unit Studies, Novels & Writing 2026-2027 What are we studying this homeschool year? Today I’m sharing all of our homeschool unit studies, novel studies, and writing projects for the upcoming year! We use unit studies for most of our science, history, geography, and social studies, and this year’s lineup might be one of our favourites yet. I’m also sharing what novel studies we will be doing this year, as well as our new focus for the year: writing!

I'm sharing our full Grade 6 homeschool curriculum picks for the upcoming school year! 📚 In this video, I’ll walk you through exactly what we’re using across all subjects—language arts, math, science, history, and more—and why these choices are working so well for our homeschool right now.

I'm sharing our full Grade 4 homeschool curriculum picks for the upcoming school year! 📚 In this video, I’ll walk you through exactly what we’re using across all subjects—language arts, math, science, history, and more—and why these choices are working so well for our homeschool right now. I always aim to keep things simple, flexible, and effective, and this year’s plan really reflects that.