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TOY ROTATION ⬇️ / Who else does a toy rotation? I did a great job at our last house, but once we moved EVERYTHING got unpacked. And we had so much stuff... Then Christmas hit 😬 / Problem is, I didn't have any interest in KonMari'ing their toys. They have a TON of animals and play with them all. They have action figures, costumes, puzzles, craft supplies, cars and trains, and they play with them all. / However, once it all gets strewn everywhere, they don't. They're bored, which is really code for "overwhelmed". If it's overwhelming to clean and organize it, imagine how overwhelming it is to choose what to play with and how? Imaginations need some space and a blank slate to build upon. / So I grabbed 6 bins that could be consolidated and cleaned out, the sorted them by category: farm, things that go, action, savanna/forest, insects/ocean, dinosaurs. (Pic and poll in stories). The rule: choose a bin, play, clean it up, put it up before getting a new one. / The difference in their attention to their toys, their lack of boredom, increase in imagination, and interest in what they have is amazing! I can't believe I'd stopped doing this 🤔. / Who else does a toy rotation? Any interest in a Insta story detailing my closet of goodies? / #toyrotation #simplifytoys #konmari #notreally #themedtoys #declutter #simplify #sahm #homeschool #preschooler #toddlermom #momof4 *I love a good, grainy B&W pic 😍
A sweet friend sent me a text last night, stressed out and concerned in ways that every homeschool mom on the planet fully and completely understands. She was struggling with comparison, beating herself up, and questioning her decisions. This is (kind of) what I said to her. / It's what I'd been told before combined with all I'd desperately yearned to hear. / #linkinprofile #homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoolmom #homeschoollife #homeschoolers #homeschoolstruggles #homeeducation #educationathome #community #newhomeschoolmom #fear #worry #anxiety #encouragement #veteranhomeschool #homeschoolconfidence #homeschoolblog / https://www.lifeabundantlyblog.com/lifeabundantlyblog/2019/1/26/scared-worried-overwhelmed-new-homeschool-mom
Just know friend, whatever weight, burden, anxiety, pain, tragedy, or shock has your world upside down right now, the God of all comfort is ready and waiting for you. / Are you hurting and broken within? Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin? Jesus is calling Have you come to the end of yourself Do you thirst for a drink from the well? Jesus is calling O come to the altar The Father's arms are open wide Forgiveness was bought with The precious blood of Jesus Christ Leave behind your regrets and mistakes Come today there’s no reason to wait Jesus is calling Bring your sorrows and trade them for joy From the ashes a new life is born Jesus is calling O come to the altar The Father's arms are open wide Forgiveness was bought with The precious blood of Jesus Christ O come to the altar The Father's arms are open wide Forgiveness was bought with The precious blood of Jesus Christ Oh what a savior Isn't He wonderful? Sing hallelujah, Christ is risen Bow down before Him For He is Lord of all Sing Hallelujah, Christ is risen / Lyrics @elevationworship / #worship #Godofallcomfort #overcomer #countitalljoy #Jesus
Let's not be fooled by what seems like a sweet, natural scene, friends. I love gorgeous images as much as anyone, but I also love gorgeous transparency even more. He gently and sweetly played with this for about 4 min. Then he began to dump, shred, and then booty shake everywhere. He definitely had FUN but my desire to protect my cute moss and new hedgies did not coincide with the fact that he was feeling like some rough and tumble play. / Something about him being a 3yr old boy... And fully acting like one. 🤷‍♀️ So beautiful, well-laid plans don't always pan out. Beautiful, peaceful images are not always (or even often) true. And we are all just a messy, trying to wedge some good moments into the crazy beauty of the rest of it. / Soldier on, homeschool mom. Keep trying. It's the days that it sticks that fuel us on that days that we feel stuck. Take pictures, laugh at the messy, enjoy the chaos as much as the beautiful. They're ALL the mattering moments. Every. Single. One. / #wildandfreechildren #homeschool #homeschooler #preschoolathome #toddler #toddlerschool #momlife #sahmlife #Education #earlyeducation #earlyyears #timetolearn #gentlepreschool #naturalchildhood #invitationtoplay #classicaleducation #messyplay #notperfect #pursuingimperfect #joyfullife #joyfullifecommunity
What does your study of bees look like? We have a bee unit coming up this spring in Gentle + Classical Preschool and of course, Gentle +Classical Nature has an entire unit devoted as well. We received Bee for Christmas and the boys (and I) are obsessed. I'd love any "must try" activities for toddlers that you have or book recommendations ❤️ / We also just ordered the beeswax candle rolling kit. Boy- those are 🤑😬, however my girls and I are studying Jewish festivals and ceremonies and needed to make candles for shabbat 😍. Fortunately we all enjoyed it and have several left for the boys' bee unit. / I'm also LOVING the Icky Bug Alphabet book. My youngest loves trying to identify his letters, so he is beside himself for any book that is all about the alphabet (and bugs!). And of course, we will use our Nature Anatomy for reference (pssst: ⬅️That's an important "spine" for Gentle + Classical Nature too 😉). / I'm looking forward to unit 20 and to hear your favorite ideas for studying pollinators! / #savethebees #beestudy #homeschool #preschool #livingbooks #bookstack #bees #allaboutbees #beeunitstudy #exploringnature #charlottemason #classicaleducation #gentlepreschool #naturalchildhood #invitationtoplay #preschoolathome #earlyeducation #memorywork #simplehomeschool #shortandsweet #homeeducation #pollinators #shabbat #jewishstudies #tapestryofgrace #tog
📣 I'm excitedly working through the process of writing and editing Gentle + Classical Nature. I can't wait to get it into your hands in a month or so. But what is it? / Have you ever heard of the "Formidable Attainments for a Child of 6" by Charlotte Mason? When I ran across this list in the midst of reading Home Education, I knew I'd found the perfect foundation for my boys' preschool and kindergarten science and nature program. GCN and Gentle + Classical Preschool level 2 will complete the attainment of all 12 of these formidable skills, detailed and directed by the words of Miss Mason herself. / Where does "classical" come into play? If you use level 1 of tgcp, you know I love memorization and find great value in it. The classical aspects include 3 levels of memory statements as well as living books, hands-on interaction, and multiple sensory experiences. / GCN is being written for your 4-7 year old students, with an expansion pack up to 6th grade (as I'll be using it with my 6th grader!). It's a rich and complete science program for pre-k through 2nd grade. When combined with GCP Level 2, it's a FULL, RICH program for history, Bible, art, science, music, catechism, health and safety, and so much more. You'll only need to add the math and phonics program of your choice. I'm so excited, I could burst! / #comingsoon #naturestudy #charlottemason #cmeducation #classicaleducation #homeschool #educationathome #earlyeducation #preschoolathome #preschool #science #nature #wildandfreechildren #strongfoundation #homeschoolmom #sahm #homeschooler #charlottemasonliving #charlottemasonpreschool #kindergarten #curriculum #homeschoolcurriculum #freecurriculum
GIVEAWAY!!! Who else loves Wild + Free!?! One of my favorite things about their bundles is their print copy. They're SWOONY GORGEOUS. I have a collection of them that I've read that are just... Sitting on a bookshelf now. I thought I'd pass them along! / Included: Volumes 27, 29, 30, 31. Also I received the AMAZING Volume 30 Belong Bundle! It has 25 separate volumes itself, expanding volume 30 with beautiful images AND this cute "Be Kind & Brave" banner! / How to enter: 1. Follow @lifeabundantly_blog 2. Like this post 3. Tag a friend (one tag per comment, 3 tags per person please) 4. Receive an extra entry by sharing this in your feed or stories! Tag @lifeabundantly_blog when you do! / This giveaway is not sponsored by Instagram (or Wild + Free) in anyway. Open to US Residents only, 18 years or older, void where prohibited. Giveaway ends Tues Jan 22nd at 8:00pm Cst. / #wildandfreechildren #giveaway #entertowin #bundle #freebie #enter #homeschool #charlottemason #homeeducation #homeeducator #homeschoolmom #homeschoollife #montessori #classicaleducation #classicalpreschool #naturestudy #naturalchildhood #exploringnature
What are some of your favorite encouragers for home education and "mother culture"? I believe that one gift that dwells in the depths of finally reaching "comfort" in homeschooling, is the realization that this journey is as much for us as it is for them. / Most of us seek to give our children an education unlike anything we've ever experienced. Family. Depth. Beauty. Adventure. This high and worthy calling beckons to a deep need in our souls- to something we crave for ourselves as well. / One of the most beautiful and freeing aspects of getting a few years of home education under our belts is the ability to just BREATH and rest in the process. And for most of us- whether its our sanctification or the redemption of our own education- this process is NOT solely about our children. Resting in the evolving process of education (rather than worrying), frees us up to see this. / There are passions to explore, once tucked away for more pressing things. There are hobbies to revive, lessons to learn, avenues to wander. / Whether it's finally reading The Odyssey in it's full beauty, learning that trying and trying again is as beautiful as a perfect end result, or realizing that the slow and meandering pace of a chicken on its quest for grubs is the exact right pace for us all, there is SO much that is good and beautiful dwelling inside this lofty calling that we mistakenly believed was wholly for our children. / #motherculture #charlottemasonliving #motherhood #momlife #hobbies #watercolor #photography #flatlays #wildandfreechildren #charlottemason #gentleclassicalpreschool #naturejournaling #naturestudy #amateur #momshaveinterests #dosomething #divein #practiceimperfect #pursueimperfect
Do you have any Insta accounts that you drool over? Or particular styles of images that just make you happy-sigh? I do. As an extremely visual person, it's kind of natural that I LOVE photography. I've done various kinds over the year and am the exclusive photographer for The Cox Family ;) / What I've realized is that I'm not confident enough (and might never be) to actually charge people for taking their pictures. What I also realized is that I REALLY prefer to photograph things that DON'T MOVE. I'll suck it up for my own kids, but that's about it. Give me a tree, marsh, or flatlay any day. / I've actually really never TRIED my hand at flatlays before other than hovering over my children while they fingerpaint. What I've learned today is that I SUPER LOVE IT SO MUCH. The tweaking, the tiny bit being right or wrong, the shooting again and again and again... what looks so simple really being an artform. I LEGIT LOVE IT. I have a ton of growth to do and yes- you have to have a bunch of random things to use FOR the flatlays... so here comes a new shelf in my bedroom just for flatlay accessories. Now... if only I could get my 3yo to lay still for a flatlay ;) / What do you think? Do you love this type of photography? What's something you enjoy to do that makes you zone out for reality and get 10000% sucked into it? / #flatlay #photography #amateurphotography #homeschool #preschool #preschoolathome #preschoolcurriculum #freepreschoolcurriculum #wildandfreechildren #gentleclassical #classicaleducation #naturaleducation #homeeducation #educationathome #preschoolathome #thegentleclassicalpreschool #gentleclassicalpreschool
That's the thing about light... Even though it's beautiful and fills the room with warmth, it can also highlight all the dust, cracks, and dark-dirtiest crevices. It can illuminate things that were hidden or things that we just didn't see. But when we can now clearly see that which was hidden in the shadows before, this is his great mercy. Only the unkempt shadows have power over us. Once the Son reveals them, as ugly as it may be- it's now in light. And darkness runs hard from light. ... Lord, illuminate every nook and cranny in the deepest parts of my heart. On this Monday morning, take my heart and mind captive so that I serve and seek only you. Let Jesus and his light shine through me upon the little faces that look to me for their every comfort and need. I praise you for the mercy that sin inside of me be revealed so that it can be bathed in the Son. In the name of Jesus, amen. ... #motherhooduncensored #motherhoodunfiltered #motherhoodjoy #motherhoodlife #mommy #risenmotherhood #parenthood #parenting #momof4 #sahm #wahm #homeschoolmom #homeschool #momblogger #Christ #Jesus #toddler #tween #teen #faith #belief #prayer #joy #reallife #Christianmom #wellwateredwomen #motherhoodsimplified #unitedmotherhood #shereadstruth
I'll happily share along since this is fun to see with everyone. Some people never seem to age, others we see the gray hairs, crows feet, and weight loss/gain written on their faces. I've seen one precious woman I follow who has birthed a baby, adopted 6 medically fragile children and endure cancer in her child, her mother and now terminal cancer in her husband. 10 years changes everything. You could see her significant changes, but they were from challenges that are beyond most of our comprehension... The beauty of her wisdom far surpasses the beauty of her youth. / On the left, from 2006 (only old pic on my phone!), I'm 7m pregnant, holding my oldest on her second birthday. On the right, this is just over a month ago, no edits or filters. I look a lot the same, but there are new lines, deeper crevices, a ton of color-drenched gray hairs. I've since birthed that baby and two more. I've moved half a dozen times, changed careers, began homeschooling, had serious trials in our marriage, had several challenges to my health, and lost my mom. Friendships have ended, new ones have blossomed. I've mourned, birthed, rejoiced, and evolved. / 37 year old me would love to have a few moments alone with that brand new 24 year old Mama...but 37 yo me also knows that 24 year old Mama wouldn't listen for a second. She has to endure it all to get to where we are now... She has to learn the hard way, earning every single wrinkle, dimple, and gray hair. 🤷‍♀️ / For some reason, I'm fairly confident, I have a good collection of hard lessons still in front of me still. Praise God. I have learned so much and have so much left to learn. I don't know where all I'm going, but I'm thankful for all the lessons in growth, love and even loss that God has walked with me through over this 13 year gap. Here's to the next 13! 🎉 / #13years #sidebyside #howdidiage #agingchallenge #homeschoolmom #mamaof4 #pastandpresent #wrinkles #wisdomoveryouth #faithful #growth #Jesus
Mamas, are you ever out of commission for a day (or maybe 12 hours) and your house turns into this? I walked in to see this first thing. My immediate action was anger. Messiness makes me angry. But I was quick to remind myself that it's Saturday morning, everyone has been relaxing (or trying, including Daddy) and that this mess is a sign of life. / Isn't it awesome how our God is able to look down on our messes with such overwhelming grace? He doesn't look at my mess and get immediately angry. He doesn't question what I've been doing to let things get so bad. He knows I'm in the thick of it, and I'm seeing just what I can see. I'm doing just what I can do at the moment. He's seen bigger messes around me, and he's watched me respond to him and see those too and begin to sort those out. He helps me grow, he opens my eyes, he stretches me in new ways-but always always grace. Not anger. He sees where I've been, and he knows where I'm going. He knows all my messes are signs of life. Messes precede new things. / Lord help me to see the messes all around me with eyes of grace. Help my first response to be yours, knowing and appreciating that messes are signs of life, growth, change, and motion. I praise you for every mess I've been in, the one I'm in now, and the one that will be here tomorrow. Thank you for not being finished with me yet. In the name of Jesus. Amen. / #motherhooduncensored #motherhoodunfiltered #motherhoodjoy #motherhoodlife #mommy #risenmotherhood #parenthood #parenting #momof4 #sahm #wahm #homeschoolmom #homeschool #momblogger #Christ #Jesus #toddler #tween #teen #faith #belief #prayer #joy #reallife #Christianmom #wellwateredwomen #motherhoodsimplified #unitedmotherhood #shereadstruth
Who's excited about this!?! All About Reading has released a BRAND NEW edition of their already amazing program... All 4 levels are now in full color! 🎉🎉🎉 I was already a huge fan, but now this means that it's even MORE engaging to students. I was gifted a full set to review (which is forthcoming) BUT All About Reading was kind enough to offer a level of choice to one reader of Life, Abundantly along with an interactive kit! So exciting!!! @allaboutlearning / Here's how to enter (2 options or do both): 1. You can enter via email subscription at the link in profile. That link also shares a full review of AAR if it's new to you. OR 2. You can enter on Instagram or Facebook. ➡️FOLLOW @lifeabundantly_blog ➡️LIKE this post ➡️TAG a friend (one tag per comment for multiple entries) YES. YOU CAN ENTER ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND VIA EMAIL at the #linkinprofile / Technical stuff: This giveaway is not sponsored by Facebook or Instagram in any way. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years or older. An alternate prize of equal value may be awarded to winners residing outside the United States. Ends 1/16/19 at 8pm cst. #giveaway #allaaboutreading #coloredition #learningtoread #readingtolearn #homeschool #readingcurriculum #freecurriculum #freebie #entertowin #aar #homeschoolcurriculum #kindergarten #firstgrade #secondgrade #dyslexia #learningdisabilities / https://www.lifeabundantlyblog.com/lifeabundantlyblog/2018/1/4/all-about-reading-review
New episode! You're going to want to grab a cup of this and snuggle up for a listen and a few chuckles as Hayley (@hayleycroft) and I share the honest truth about all of the "opportunities for sanctification" in home education. / Because let's get real, homeschooling is hard. It's beautiful and fun and surprising in so many ways.. But it's still hard. One way that is MOST surprising is how often we find opportunities for our own growth and change. God has a special knack for using long days bent over books, nestled beside our little mirrors to show us just has impatient, easily frustrated, and honestly - unloving--we can be sometimes. / Hayley and I have great time, having a meandering chat, discussing our own challenges and opportunities to die a little more to ourselves every day as we traverse motherhood and home education. You can listen at the link in profile OR search Homeschooling with Grace on your favorite podcast app, including iTunes. / Join us! / #podcast #homeschool #homeschoolpodcast #homeeducation #homeeducator #homeschoolmom #faith #Christianhomeschool #sanctification #growth #motherhood #transparentmotherhood #risenmotherhood #redeemingmotherhood #Jesus #friends #chatwithus #alabamagirls #southerngirls #education #educationathome #pursuingGod #faithful #redeemed #sahm #sahmlife / https://www.lifeabundantlyblog.com/homeschooling-with-grace-podcast/sanctification-in-homeschool
Do you feel it too? The burden comingling with freedom in a new year, resting upon us, asking us what we regret and what we want to look new. For me, it's relationship. It's the demotion of busyness, task lists, efficiency, and accomplishment well below the sanctity of connection and community. / Ultimately, 2019 looks for me to be much "less", but much richer nonetheless. This anticipation is thick with questions for a natural "doer" and a poor "be'er" like myself. One of those is- how do I truly connect with others outside my home? Have I been dirrelect in my relationships with friends and family? And if so... In order to change... I must ask: why? / One solid answer is social media. It's not just a distraction from those in front of me but it often becomes a substitute for CONNECTION with those I rarely see. We scroll through our feed and see that a friend bought a house, got a puppy, had a fender bender and we feel "connected." But is there a real connection there? Short answer: no. I've personally been convicted that I've substituted the knowing of what's happening in a person's life via SM for the knowing of that PERSON and their true trials. I very rarely call and infrequently text. / I believe SM can have its place. But I've also come to realize how quickly it tries to RE-place true connection, real relating, and the effort of reaching out and knowing all those things that no one posts to social media. Just because everything looks great on FB, doesn't mean it is. So I'm being intentional: sending texts to friends I haven't spoken to in a while, meeting a friend for dinner, being brave and asking someone out to coffee when I'm fearful they're probably too busy or uninterested. / If you haven't heard from me in a while, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm all for deep talks, quick laughs, and rolling tears over Starbucks anytime. #resolution #newyear #2019 #cultivatewhatmatters #relationship #beintentional #peoplematter #friends #forreal #socialmediaisntrelationship #reachout #callafriend #community #homeschoolmom #momlife #sahmlife #momblogger #priorities
This week, in Gentle +Classical Preschool, we launch into the second semester (week 14). We are learning our full address, the purpose of seeds, and that Columbus sailed to America! Here's what we are up to for this week: ➡️Reading "Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie" as we explore the letter R. ➡️Working on lesson 4 (R) Traditional Phonics (Daxton sounded out man on lesson 3!) ➡️Reading A Seed is Sleepy. ➡️Planting seeds in a glass container so we can watch the roots. ➡️Read a mom-summarized version of Columbus (D'Aulaire)- the pics are great but way too many details for a 3yr old.) ➡️Practicing our memory work and timeline song, daily. ➡️Listening/singing Who Did Swallow Jonah. ➡️TV options: We are watching Sid the Science Kids season 2, episode 21 that talks about life cycles... Covers seeds, frogs, butterflies and more. Great fit! ➡️We rea a Little Gold Book on Jonah and then I let them watch Veggie Tales Jonah yesterday. ➡️Plus we've been enjoying this awesome weather and going outside... To the extent I can handle all the mud 🙄. / What unit are you on in #gentleclassicalpreschool? #preschoolathome #homeschoolcollective #homeschoollife #sahm #homeschool #homeschooler #homeschooling #momblogger #Christian #preschool #learnathome #homeeducation #preschoolcurriculum #gentleclassical #classicaleducation #charlottemason #cmeducation
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:14‭-‬24 ESV There it is. In black and white: Rejoice Always. Literally two words for an entire verse. That's how big and powerful and important. Rejoice always. But how? I was awake the entire night rocking a teething baby. I walked downstairs to what looked like a war zone. No one had done their chores, a 2 year old was running wild like a banshee, and the house reeked of overdue diapers to be trashed. And as a Mama who is deeply bothered by sensory overload, especially on 4 hours of highly disturbed sleep, this is the perfect storm. Stink. Mess littering every inch of the floor. And the sound of televisions, loud conversation, and screaming toddlers ricocheting off the walls at ungodly decibels. This is "Crap is About to Go Down" Town. So how, in all that God-forsaken mess and racket and exhaustion, am I supposed to "rejoice always?" Fortunately, encapsulated all around this tiny, monumental 2 word command are all the instructions we need to make it possible, even in the biggest messes, on the worst days. 1. Pray without ceasing. 2. Give thanks in ALL circumstances. 3. Test everything, and hold fast to what is good. 4. Don't quench the spirit. 5. Abstain from every form of evil. 6. Admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 7. Always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. ⬇️⬇️⬇️IN COMMENTS
Not my normal for this page, but I have to give a shout out to my daughter. My 12 year old, Kali, is not only insanely gorgeous and smart, but also the most talented person I know. Art, photography, social media, video editing... It's insane. She just has this eye that I can't comprehend. She's running an Insta page dedicated to her best friend, @moses_the_gsd . She spends hours each day training him, with patience and faithfulness I admire so much. Check her out and give her a follow, if you don't mind 😜 #germanshepherd #followme #gsd #dogsofinstagram #puppiesofinsta #gsdpuppy #talenteddaughter #amazing #soproud #proudmom
Be interruptable. As I consistently pray over and meditate upon RELATIONSHIP this year, I'm realizing that one key aspect of bringing my "word" into the reality of my day is to pray through a painful transfiguration of becoming interruptable. / I am not naturally so. As a matter of fact, being interruptable is wildly outside my normal abilities. I'm like a pit bull with a bone about everything. I'm not a multi-tasker, but rather a full absorber who becomes entrenched body, mind, and soul into everything she lays her hands too. / This isn't always terrible. It makes me extremely effective at writing, but makes me terribly ineffective at relationships and "momming". These people whom I love are all flagrant interrupters. Questions, requests, cuddles, complaints, arguments, meals, and more... Come relentlessly, sun up to sun down. / Normally, this is crazy-making for me. No thought goes uninterrupted. No work, no chore, no lesson. I stop more than I start. But God. God is answering my prayers for humility and depth in my relationships in ways I didn't know to pray. He's showing me that I can't go "all in" on every little thing. That I have to hold back, stay surface level, and make sure the deep work is done when I've intentionally created space (and quiet) for it. He's supernaturally equipping me with what I thought was impossible--the ability to be AVAILABLE, regardless of what task I'm at. His Spirit is helping me to take a deep breath before I respond. He brings "relationship" to mind and it calms the frustration in my soul. / So for all of us "all-inners" who've been prioritizing our to-dos over our ta-das, be interruptable. If this last year taught me anything, those dishes can wait while he tells you this one short story; the social media feed is infinitely less pressing than her frustration with a friend; that text back to a friend isn't as earth-changing as listening to her long-winded story about the dream she had last night. Nothing is as legacy-changing as the realization that all that matters, ALL THAT MATTERS, are the people.
I HAVE ONE OF THESE LEFT! I put them on clearance before Christmas after deciding to no longer offer print options, for a while anyway. I thought I had 6 (and they sold in 10 minutes), but I had a seventh one. It's listed in the shop. Head to the link in profile to learn more. / https://www.lifeabundantlyblog.com/shop/nature-collection-journal-print-edition / #clearance #lastone #soldout #naturejournal #naturecollection #charlottemason #charlottemasonhomeeducation #homeschool #naturestudy