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Big Life Changes for the Stewarts!

April 7, 2021 By Haley 30 Comments

If you haven’t been following on social media, you might not know that our family just began an exciting new adventure! My husband Daniel cut back his hours to part-time at the distillery (he makes and blends whisky) to become a full-time homeschooling parent and I am a full-time self-employed writer and creator.  I know many of you have been following for years and years, so I want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading Tagged With: big life changes, creative work, family life, home life, homeschooling

7 High Quality Graphic Novels for Young Readers

July 17, 2020 By Haley 6 Comments

I shared all about our daily reading hour and suggestions for good summer reading choices for young readers last month. But I thought I'd follow it up with a post about good graphic novels. To be honest, I haven't always been excited about graphic novels. Captain Underpants and Dog Man make me want to tear my hair out. I have a visceral reaction! And I think because of some of the twaddle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness Tagged With: good books, graphic novels for kids, homeschooling, kids books, reading list, summer reading

A Very 2020 Kids Summer Reading List

June 23, 2020 By Haley 14 Comments

If there's one thing that has helped me keep my sanity while being cooped up over the past two months, it's our daily book time and seeing my kids deepen their love of reading. Because I've been getting lots of requests for book suggestions, I thought I'd share a few of our very favorites from our shelves (newly reorganized, thanks to quarantine angst)! I've found a lot of joy in sharing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness, Homeschooling Tagged With: book list, children's books, coronaschooling, homeschooling, kids reading list, summer reading

The State of the Homeschooling Year Address (2017-2018)

May 2, 2018 By Haley 25 Comments

Our Homeschooling Year 2017-2018

I've had a lot of requests for a homeschooling update lately. Since the school year is wrapping up, it seems like the perfect time for one. 2017-2018 has been an exciting year watching the kids grow and learn. It's also been a challenge because from November through March I was mostly out of of commission due to hyperemesis gravidarum during this pregnancy (it's another little girl due this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: homeschool curriculum, homeschooling

The Great Carrots Backyard Farm Tour!

April 30, 2018 By Haley 32 Comments

Carrots Backyard Farm Tour

As my husband Daniel and I have been sharing photos of the bounty from our urban garden, I've gotten lots of requests for a backyard farm tour. Your wish is my command! One of the biggest selling points of the house we bought two years ago was the giant backyard. After a great experience doing an agricultural internship for a year on a working farm (yes, that farm where we lived with no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Farm Life, Food, Green Living, Homeschooling, Husband, Our Home Tagged With: backyard chickens, homeschooling, urban farm, urban homestead

An Unconventional Schedule for an Unconventional Homeschooling Family

January 24, 2018 By Haley 21 Comments

An Unconventional Schedule for an Unconventional Family

Recently my husband Daniel changed up his work schedule after a job change. He was working at a non-profit training farm where we lived in 2015-2016. Now he’s working with at-risk youth at another local non-profit (and loving it). His schedule is unusual, but as a homeschooling family, we thought it would really work for us and…drum roll…it is awesome. In case you don’t know much about how our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Homeschooling, Work-at-Home Life Tagged With: family life, homeschooling, work life, work schedules, Work-at-home

Gifts for Your Child’s Imagination (That Don’t Take Up Space on the Shelf)

November 21, 2017 By Haley 2 Comments

 This post is sponsored by Around the World Stories. It's that time of year when everyone seems to be starting (or finishing, if you're really ahead of the game!) getting gifts for their kids. This year we won't be traveling to have Christmas with family so we're trying to decide how to set up our gift giving. We're planning to give some of our gifts to the kids on St. Nicholas Day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: around the world stories, gifts, homeschooling

Our Homeschooling Plans for 2017-2018 (With a 3rd grader, a 1st grader, and a preschooler)

August 1, 2017 By Haley 35 Comments

Our Homeschooling Curriculum with a 2nd Grader, a Preschooler, and a Toddler (2016-2017)

Anybody out there scrambling to put together your homeschool curriculum and plans for the new year? You're probably already done with your plans since the new school year is almost upon us but I just really started thinking about it last week so I thought I'd share what I came up with for us for next year. We actually do a lot of school during the summer, partly because it's so dang hot in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Homeschooling Tagged With: homeschool curriculum, homeschooling

A Day in the Life of a Work-at-Home Homeschooling Mom

June 12, 2017 By Haley 21 Comments

image c/o Holly Fish When I shared about my journey in becoming a work-at-home mom last week, I got some great questions that I hope to answer in future posts. But the number one question was what our daily schedule looks like. That's tricky because it really looks different every single day. I'm not good at sticking to a rigid schedule. And over the past three year's Daniel's work schedule has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family & Homesteading, Work-at-Home Life Tagged With: daily schedule, day in the life, homeschooling, Work-at-home

What Homeschooling Looks Like Right Now: Mid-Year Update

January 23, 2017 By Haley 46 Comments

Mid-Year Homeschooling Update

photo c/o my friend Holly Fish This is what my favorite moments of homeschooling look like. This is VERY RARELY what homeschooling looks like. Also, you can't see all the mud on the floor behind that pink couch. Just keeping it real, y'all. This time of year is definitely when most of us homeschooling moms start feeling the blahs. Cold weather and burnout make a terrible combination and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bookishness, Family & Homesteading, Homeschooling Tagged With: curriculum, homeschool, homeschooling, read alouds

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Welcome! I’m Haley Stewart, a bookish mama of four and wife to a beekeeper. Writer, speaker, podcaster, and Catholic convert. Homeschooling, bacon-eating, and bright red lipstick-wearing Jane Austen aficionado. My first book, The Grace of Enough: Pursuing Less and Living More in a Throwaway Culture is available now!

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