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Hey there, Mamas!

My name is Kiera. I am a wife of 10+ years to a handsome redhead, and a homeschooling mama to four wild kids, each with their own hair color! I love avocados, browsing Pinterest for home inspo, and watching Hallmark Christmas movies all year round.

I became a mom right before I graduated college in 2012. I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but I totally underestimated how much I would love it. I feel so blessed to be able to stay at home with my kids and watch them grow and learn each day.

After becoming a mom, I said,

“What the hey? Why not homeschool ’em too?”

So here we are, in our FIFTH year of homeschooling! I never dreamed I would homeschool or that I would find my passion in homeschooling, but I truly have and I love every second, even through all the ups and downs!

A big part of my love for homeschooling comes from being able to tailor education to the exact strength/weaknesses/interests/learning style of each of my children. My kiddos are all SO different that I’m constantly amazed my husband and I made them all from the same standard ingredients. (wink wink) Each child has given me a completely new learning experience and brought me to my knees in prayer trying to learn how to help them navigate through education and life.

Over the years, I have felt an increasing desire to contribute to this community after everything I have gleaned from it over the years. My hope is that you can find something here that helps you find peace and joy in motherhood and homeschooling! (if that’s your jam!)

Follow along to stay updated on:

-EVERYTHING homeschool: curriculum reviews, organization, teaching your kids to read, identifying learning styles, routines/schedules, unit studies, tips and tricks, systems we have tried and use

-Motivation and encourageement for motherhood

-A sprinkling of home DIY while we are constantly working to update our home on a budget. (Does it ever end? Someone tell me it does!)

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Welcome! I'm Kiera. I'm the wife of a redhead, and a mom to 4 wild kids. We are in our 5th year homeschooling, and I'm sharing all of it with you! Glad you are here!

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๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป Hey friends! Long time, no see! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป Hey friends! Long time, no see! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป โ €
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We are re-emerging after a doozy of a school year, and Iโ€™m excited to be back and see what you all are up to! โ €
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I wish I could say our โ€œfirst dayโ€ was all butterflies and gummy bears, but NOPE! ๐Ÿ™ƒโ €
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Anyone else jumping into their new school year soon? Or have you already started? Let me know what youโ€™re up to! โ™ฅ๏ธโ €
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#homeschool #homeschoollife #homeschoolmom #homeschooling #letthembelittle #ahomeoflearning #ldshomeschool #childhoodunplugged #homeschoolcollective #homeeducation #homeschoolfamily #homeschooldays #homeschoolfun #homeschoolrocks #learningathome #learningthroughplay #homeschoolmoms #homeschoolkids #earlychildhoodeducation #playbasedlearning #homeschoollifestyle #howwehomeschool #firstdayofschoolโ €
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#givethanks ๐”ป๐”ธ๐• ๐Ÿž โ € โ € Iโ€™m grate #givethanks ๐”ป๐”ธ๐•  ๐Ÿž โ €
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Iโ€™m grateful for this holiday season, the joy it brings me, and the increased focus on our Savior and giving to others! And also for 9 straight years of our tree only being decorated on the top half. ๐Ÿ˜‚ โ €
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We like to get the tree set up and decorated while our babies/toddlers are sleeping, and then we all anxiously wait to see their faces when they wake up. This yearโ€™s reaction did not disappoint as this little one couldnโ€™t stop smiling and giggling as he tried to get a closer look and touch all the things! โ €
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Life is about seasons, and Iโ€˜ve been working on fully embracing those seasons. Someday Iโ€™ll have a beautiful Christmas tree decorated just they way I want. ๐ŸŽ„ But I love that this season of life has blessed us with a string of active, curious toddlers, and I know someday we will greatly miss our half-decorated tree and what it meant for our home. โค๏ธ photo credit: @jasoneggett
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Iโ€™m so grateful for music! ๐ŸŽถ We recently received this piano from my parents, and I canโ€™t put into words how much it means to me. โ €
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My dad traded something he loved to give this piano to my mom when I was just 4 years old. I grew up listening to my momโ€™s beautiful playing and practiced every day in hopes that I could one day make beautiful music too. ๐ŸŽน โ €
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Over the years Iโ€™ve shared so many emotions and feelings through the keys of this piano, and Iโ€™m forever grateful for the music education Iโ€™ve received! And so grateful now for the excitement of my kids learning, and the music that constantly fills our home โค๏ธ
#givethanks ๐”ป๐”ธ๐• ๐Ÿœโ € โ € Iโ€™m gratef #givethanks ๐”ป๐”ธ๐•  ๐Ÿœโ €
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Iโ€™m grateful for family walks/scooter rides around our neighborhood that is finally starting to look like fall! ๐Ÿ
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Iโ€™m grateful for the opportunity this year to hold our own Sunday church services in our home!โ €
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The GOOD: We are avoiding walking the church halls for two hours with a baby ๐Ÿคช AND, more importantly, itโ€™s given my husband and me so many opportunities to share our personal testimonies with our children. There have been so many difficult and frustrating Sundays this year, but also SO MANY incredibly spiritual moments for which I am forever grateful.๐Ÿ’›โ €
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๐ŸIโ€™m participating in a challenge to share what Iโ€™m thankful for each day through Thanksgiving. Itโ€™s been such a great personal exercise so far, and Iโ€™d love to hear what you are thankful for too! ๐Ÿ
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Today, Iโ€™m grateful for our backyard. ๐ŸŒณ It took us an entire decade to find ourselves in a house with a safe place for our kids to play outside ๐Ÿ˜… Weโ€™ve been in this house for 5 months, and every single day I have felt so much happiness and gratitude for this little yard we have. โค๏ธ
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Iโ€™m so grateful for this little family of mine! I always knew I wanted to create a family someday, but I donโ€™t think I ever understood just how much they would all mean to me. Iโ€™m so grateful to be able to go through life with them! โค๏ธ
๐ŸNO-SCREEN NOVEMBER๐Ÿโ €
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Hey friends! Weโ€™re just getting back into the swing of things after taking an unplanned, but much needed, few weeks away from everything!โ €
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Over the last few weeks, the kids were allowed a little too much screen time ๐Ÿ˜… so we jumped right back in with a goal for no screens for the month of November, and so far itโ€™s been great! ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿปโ €
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These two (6 and 3) played with play doh for TWO WHOLE HOURS yesterday! ๐Ÿคฏ and woke up to get right back at it this morning ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿปโ €
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Iโ€™m trying to keep a running list of screen-free activities to pull from in time of weakness ๐Ÿ˜‰ so please let me know...โ €
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What screen-free activities are your kids loving? โ €
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AND...A big hug to you all today! โค๏ธ And lots of prayers for there to be peace in our country over the coming weeks and months! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
๐Ÿ“š FAVORITE BOOKS ๐Ÿ“– โ € โ € My 8yo has been d ๐Ÿ“š FAVORITE BOOKS ๐Ÿ“– โ €
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My 8yo has been devouring books lately, and these are all some of his new favorites! Thankfully, theyโ€™re all part of a series/set so we might have some material for a while ๐Ÿ˜‰โ €
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โœจStory Thieves @jamesrileyauthor โ €
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We finished our space science unit ๐Ÿ’ซ from @thegoodandthebeautiful a couple weeks ago and we had so much fun with it!๐Ÿชโ €
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This unit is great as a stand-alone unit, but this time around we added in lots of SIMPLE, but fun extras that really enhanced our learning! โœจโ €
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Everything we used is up on my blog today, so check out the link in my bio! โ˜„๏ธโ €
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What has been your favorite science curriculum?โ €
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