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Kindergarten, The Charlotte Mason Way I am so excited to share with you more about A Quiet Growing Kindergarten! I wrote this curriculum because I love educating my children in the Charlotte Mason method but also feel like there is a huge gap when it comes to the kindergarten age group. Entering into kindergarten for the third time, I knew I wanted more than just a book list for my child, but also nothing too rigorous or formal. I wanted something that truly aligned with what Charlotte Mason envisioned for this age.  A Bit of Background... A Quiet Growing Kindergarten...

If you missed it, here is part 1 of free audio sources and here is a tutorial on Make Your Own Cards. Free audio is such a gift when you own a yoto player! I have found more of our family favorites have come from these sources than from the cards in the yoto store. Here are a few additional great sources!  Free Audio for Yoto Cards Yoto Space: If you haven't checked out yoto.space yet, you're missing out. It's a bit clunky to navigate, but the best tab in my opinion in the Public Domain. Most of the common...

If you haven't checked out Part 1 or Part 2 of this series, go read those for our comparison of the mini vs. regular size yoto, our favorite cards by age and where we find free audio!  Make Your Own Cards are my favorite feature of the Yoto player. I get asked all the time how to make one and I promise it is more simple than it seems! If I can give you one point of advice it's to get familiar with your Yoto app. There are so many features and listening options in the app, so spend some time poking...

The toddler age is one of the most precious stages. Your toddler is exploring their world, asserting their voices and very curious about everything. But they do make homeschooling a challenge, no question about it. Whether it was flipping light switches, running away, climbing tables, opening cupboards or just creating general chaos, my toddlers made a simple to-do list of school subjects feel like a massive undertaking on some days. Homeschooling with a Toddler Even though something is hard, that doesn't make it bad. In my years of homeschooling with a toddler underfoot, here are a few of the things I did to navigate this...

Maybe you want to read more but you're thinking your life is too busy to read. I promise you, you do have the time. You know how I know? I thought the same thing before I challenged myself to read more four years ago. Now that reading is a habit of mine, I can't believe how much space I actually have in my life for reading, even though my life has gotten busier since then. Why Should You Read More?  You don't have to read one hundred books a year to be a "reader". How much you read isn’t really...