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I remember going to visit my grandma in the country as a child. My cousins and I would lay out sleeping bags in the living room and we’d all watch Anne of Green Gables together late into the night. So, as you can imagine, Anne of Green Gables was one of the books I was most excited to put together!

So, cuddle up and snuggle in. It’s time for another bedtime story. Tonight we’re reading Chapter 1 of Anne of Green Gables & the Journey to her New Home by Farmhouse Book Co. 

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*** Anne of Green Gables & the Journey to her New Home ***

Read as a family the beloved story of Anne in the first installment of her adventures at Green Gables.

Learn the skills that Anne used in her new life, and live your own adventures along the way!

This book is annotated with excerpts from:

BEGIN TO KNIT BY AMERICAN THREAD CO.

THE HOME-MAKING SERIES CLOTHING AND HEALTH by Helen Kinne and Anna M. Cooley (1920)

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS FOR ALL DAYS OF THE WEEK by Dr. John Habermann (First written in 1565)

MOTHER NATURE’S TOY SHOP by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard (1918)

PROFITABLE LIVESTOCK by Pratts

Part of the Farmhouse Book Co. Read and Learn series, this book is a great read for Homeschool families!

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I remember a few years ago, when vertical gardening books were stuffing the shelves of your Home Depot and Lowe's everywhere. Now that may seem like a funny place to go book shopping. But you know me, I will find an opportunity to book shop wherever I can. And I quickly became obsessed with the concept of growing food vertically, you'd see these incredibly amazing pictures of these vertical gardens and these gorgeous wood slats that they would set them up and Heaven knows that all the projects in those books were pretty expensive. But I've since learned that growing food vertically doesn't have to be an expensive project... READ MORE AT: https://farmhousebookco.com/?p=246

My Biggest frustration with Homeschooling is that I just don’t have time to plan it all! Any tips?

Dear Timed Out,

Oh this is one of my favorites. Planning is a corporate skill that every child should learn early. Let them see you plan. Plan with them. Start by just planning one day, But -Whatever you do- do not make a schedule. You know as well as I do, with children, this is not an easy task. We have to be flexible. So instead of putting “from 9-10 am we will read” just put “read” on a piece of paper like a todo list. I like to divide my bullet journal into five sections. Teaching is priority. Next comes healing, cooking, cleaning, and learning. I write my objectives for the day in each section and I put bullets next to each to check off when I’m done. Most of the time it’s the same thing over and over again but guaranteed if I don’t write it down I’ll forget it. Most everything I do during the day fits into one of those five categories. So when I think of something it is easy to just write it down as I go. Sometimes I find myself already doing something before I write it down. In this case I will write it down and check it off. I do this because I might need to remember that again another day. And because It makes me feel good to see what I’ve been doing all day. I also have my children plan each day in the same way. They divide their journals into chores, reading, writing, math, science. We put something in each. And then they practice checking it off as well. It’s writing, spelling, handwriting and planning all at once. I love things like that. 

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Wilderness survival skills are one of the greatest gifts we can give our families, not just because of the worst case scenario emergencies, but because of the confidence that it brings to both parent and child when those skills are there. In addition to that, and that feeling of capability, is the connection it creates to the earth and to the people that came before us. That's why today we are sharing some of our best, dirt cheap ways, to teach your family wilderness survival skills. READ MORE AT https://farmhousebookco.com/?p=243