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I'm Sara, the voice behind Chasing Jupiter, wife to my best friend, and homeschool mom to our two young boys.
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  • “November comes And November goes, With the last red berries And the first white snows. ————————————— With night coming early, And dawn coming late, And ice in the bucket And frost by the gate. ————————————— The fires burn And the kettles sing, And earth sinks to rest Until next spring.” ————————————— -Clyde Watson 🍂 ————————————— I love the coziness of November but honestly, it can become a little dreary with the shorter days and colder weather. So... we are putting up some lights and our Christmas tree today. What do you think, is it too early? According to Google I am about two weeks too early. 😆 When do you decorate for Christmas (if you decorate)? 🎄
  • Learning about diffusion with the boys! So fun, so colourful, and so tasty according to the 4yr old who ate most of the ingredients before we got started. All you need is a plate, skittles (I’m sure other candy would work too) and warm water. 🍭 DIY science experiment from @kiwico_inc 👨‍🔬 Happy Saturday!
  • “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” -Mark Twain 🍂 #learningfreelyoutside
  • “The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read.” ✨✨ —————————————— We spent a little extra time on the pre-K Lessons today with my youngest. He’s expressed a desire to read, and through that his attention span has grown immensely these past few days. Isn’t that the best way to learn? Exactly when they’re ready. —————————————— Learning to read, I believe, is a beginning. A door to endless possibilities. I’m not exactly sure how long my oldest has been reading. He had taught himself to read long I before I even knew he could read, and well before preschool. My youngest son, now 4yrs old, didn’t care to read so young. He took his time and only recently learned the full alphabet. And now that the spark is there, we’re on our way. —————————————— No matter what age my children learn to read, early or late by the schools standards, (thankfully in homeschooling there is no “early or late”. There is simply exactly where they are individually) reading sparks the beginning of something more. For my oldest it sparked the beginning of independent learning. For my youngest it will soon carry him into his first year of “school”. Math and science, adventures in books, and writing all on his own. —————————————— Reading signals the start of lifelong learning. I’m so glad to I get to be here beside them for this milestone, this beginning of many in their young lives. 💙
  • We are all recovering from colds... again. 😷 It’s been yet another week of board games, movies, and way too many naps. But I am happy to say it looks like we’re actually rounding the corner today and the boys are getting back to their regular routines. _____________________ I had a chance to get back to the blog this week. I’ve decided to leave the old posts up but will be going in a slightly different direction with the blog this time around. It’s time to get back to writing. Along with books writing has been something I’ve enjoyed for quite some time now and something that is really all my own outside of my daily routine as a homeschool mom. Do you have something like that? Maybe a hobby, drawing, a blog, or even a journal? 📚 _____________________ If you find a moment today, either with a cup of coffee or when the kids are in bed, take a look at my recent post through the link in my bio. I know those quiet moments alone are precious and please know how appreciative I am when you choose to spend what little time you have reading a post here on Instagram or on my blog. 💛
  • “In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.” -Albus Dumbledore 🌙 _____________________ Naps on a Sunday afternoon are my favourite. Even I was able to close my eyes for a few minutes... rare moments in parenthood. _____________________ How do you like to spend your Sunday’s? 🌿
  • “Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to tackle the big challenges; it should allow you to find values which will be your roadmap through life; it should make you spiritually rich, a person who loves whatever you are doing, wherever you are, whomever you are with; it should teach you what is important, how to live and how to die.” -John Taylor Gatto 🌿 _____________________ Once in awhile I find myself questioning my ability to teach my children. Have you ever done that? Or been asked “but do you have a teaching degree?” It’s possibly one of the most questions I get when people hear that I homeschool. _____________________ The secret I’ve learned, you don’t need to be a teacher with a degree. You don’t need to have a natural talent to teach. But you do need to want it. And what better motivation to get better and to learn than your own children. _____________________ To teach is to be a student at the same time. Forever learning what education is, or more importantly what it isn’t. Willing to make mistakes and do better tomorrow. Knowing enough to know we don’t know it all and we don’t need to know it all. Teaching, learning, and growing happens all day, every day. It doesn’t cease when our schedule for school is complete for the day. It’s never-ending. From childhood through adulthood. _____________________ Teaching and education by today’s standards is not what we need to live up to. Not a degree, curriculum, homeschool style or philosophy dictates whether or not we are teaching our children well. Education is So. Much. More. than what we’ve been led to believe it is.🌿
  • “Hoot Owl Hoot” has been a favourite in our house for a few years now but my youngest has nearly outgrown it now.🦉 We love games and it’s time to replace a few to match their age and ability. What are some favourite games in your house? I’m building a Christmas shopping list and would love some ideas for fun card or board games to play as a family. 😃
  • “It's a most serious mistake to think that learning is an activity separate from the rest of life, that people do it best when they are not doing anything else and best of all in places where nothing else is done.” -John Holt 🌿 _____________________

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