Crafts | Heart of the Matter

Ice Skating Craft

We just entered the Netherlands in our Expedition Earth Geography curriculum and seeing as how it is January, and we finally have snow on the ground, it was perfect timing to do a Netherlands Ice Skating Craft! Plus it was fun,...

Dreaming of Snow: Snow Globes and Snowflakes

Here are a few fun (and easy) winter-themed projects to do with your kids. Snow Globes What you need: a glass jar with a tight fitting lid super glue glitter (we had white and gold on hand, so that’s what we...

Snowman Art Project

Art was always my favorite subject, I love to “create” things (as if you didn’t know that already). Allowing your children time to be creative is an invaluable part of their learning. It’s been proven that early exposure...

Handicrafts for Christmas

Most Charlotte Mason homeschoolers are familiar with the term handicrafts, but handicrafts are wonderful additions to any type of homeschool! Just what is a handicraft? Quite simply, it’s any craftwork using your hands. ...

Creating Corner Bookmarks

Do you read as many books as we do in our homeschool? If you’re like us we have several being read at a time. One family read aloud, one fiction, one historical…well you get the idea. To hold our place we like to use...

Why A Charlotte Mason Approach?

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read. Mary McLeod Bethune Be warned that this won’t be a how-to on Charlotte Mason’s approach to education. There are plenty of websites and wonderful blogs that elaborate on...

Using Open-endedness to Foster Creativity

One of the main reasons we decided to teach our children preschool at home was so that we could foster boost and bolster their creativity. According to research I’ve come across, children are losing much of their creative...

Fall Into This Idea for Art (Part 2)

Last time I wrote, I encouraged you, as a family, to try some different watercolour methods (like the salt, plastic wrap or sponge techniques) and make predictions about what the results might be. I hope you took some time to...

Crafts – Simple & Feasible

Are you intimidated by crafts? Do you struggle for ideas? Hate the mess? Feel like you can’t justify the added expense? Incorporating craft time into your school day does not have to be frustrating or break the bank. In...

October Unit Study Helper: Apples & Autumn

I am very excited to bring you a specific unit extender here at Heart of the Matter– the crafts, projects, recipes, and experiments that we’ve used in our schooling to help add to your existing unit on the topics I post...