“Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.” -Charlotte Mason (Vol 1: Home Education) Our spring weather has been absolutely glorious down here in East Texas. So whenever I can, and however I can, we take our learning outdoors. Since our Experience Early Learning box (EEL) has been all about BUGS, it has […]
I love learning through books. Charlotte Mason’s method to education is totally my jam. That is one thing about this toddler curriculum from Experience Early Learning that I totally love! It’s not only theme based, but it’s also literature based. Each week has come with a book (that came in our tot box!) and all […]
Welcome to Jack of All Trades. A place of exploring and learning. A place to share who we are and how we grow. A place to share our life adventures. Let us be Jacks together– willing to learn all the things and okay with not being a master at any or all of them. Join […]
Hi! I’m Leslie- a homeschooling momma to a 5 year old girl and 21 month old boy. The 2 are as different as night and day. I share our adventures here to both inspire learning at home and chronicle our lives, because honestly, I never started the baby books and my kids will just have […]
How do you teach someone to be creative? How do you foster the creativity of a student? In a world of Pinterest and sharing and copying ideas, how on earth do you cultivate CREATIVITY? According to English Oxford dictionaries Creativity is:“The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.” Creativity includes using imagination, […]
Superheroes wear masks! As we can see in the world around us, masks are everywhere. This month we are studying Superheroes with our Experience Early Learning curriculum, and you can’t talk about superheroes and not mention masks. When I was planning our adventure in learning today, my teacher guide suggested making Nature Masks as part […]
