Let me set the stage. I have two older children who home schooled all the way through high school. At the time I did Morning Time before Morning Time was a thing! The big kids look back with fondness on the books we read, the spiritual training, the poems and verses we put to memory…
We have been homeschooling quite happily for the last three years. I had a vague notion of Morning Time, but hadn’t taken the time to investigate further. In Sept 2017, our fourth child was born, and our homeschooling routine took a nose dive. Even after the hazy newborn days, we were in a rut. The…
I don’t know where I first heard of Morning Time, but it has been the basis of our homeschool since the very beginning. In the early days, it was more of a preschool circle time, with nursery rhymes, finger plays, and singing making up the bulk of our time together. It was an ideal way…
I’ve been doing Morning Time with my 3-year-old for the past 6 months. It’s the majority of our preschool. He frequently asks to do “Basket Time,” even on the weekends when we don’t typically do it. I’m not sure if it’s the truth, goodness, and beauty, the cuddling on the couch, or the silly putty…
I was beginning to dread starting our school day and I noticed myself procrastinating. I had read about Morning Time for years, but seeing others’ Memory Work binders intimidated me and working with my children to memorize poems seemed like just one more daunting thing to stay on top of. One morning after seeing Pam’s…
Whether we are using the ready made Morning Time plans from Pam’s site or winging it on our own, Morning Time has become the heart of our homeschool day. We love coming together and learning new things and exploring the beauty of our world through nature, art, and music. We add in silly time together…
I was homeschooled off and on growing up as a military kid and honestly loved every minute of it, and I dreamed of homeschooling my children. Then I did… And it wasn’t feeling like the ideal thing I wanted it to be. You see, I have 4 kids who are at the moment 7, 6,…
I’d given up on doing morning time as a family. I never could meet the needs of both my high school teenagers and my young 1st and 2nd graders. Then I read Better Together by Pam Barnhill. Before I finished the book I was inspired to restart morning time as a family. This time I’m…
I am a second generation homeschooling Mom of 7 children ages 1-13. I had heard of “Morning Time” or “Circle Time’, but always said, “That just doesn’t fit in our family style.” I did, however, love reading aloud to my children and as they increased in number, I had to be more creative to find…
Even before we began homeschooling, learning all together as a family was what we planned to do because family culture formation was our priority, even over academics. Fast forward a few years and we are still learning all together for our Morning Time (or Calendar Class, as we call it), despite some serious sibling rivalry…
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