• See my imperfectly messy clutter-filled homeschool room, and why it's OK. | Great Peace Academy
    Family,  Homeschool

    My Imperfectly Messy Homeschool Room

     Caution! Learning Happens Here   Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to products which may be purchased from external sites. I have visions of a perfect homeschool room in my dreams. A lovely space to work and learn and grow. I have visions of an organized space with exactly everything we need for homeschooling success. I dream of perfection. I’ve shared images with you of our space and how it’s the perfect space for a homeschooling family. It is. But, the reality is our perfect space is an imperfectly messy homeschool room more often than it is clean and organized. In seven years of homeschooling I we have collected a…

  • Mid-year classroom redo at Great Peace Academy
    Homemaking,  Homeschool

    Mid-Year Classroom Redo

    Updating for a Fresh Look with a Classroom Redo If you are a regular reader, you know that in the winter we burn firewood as our main heat source. This particular winter has been especially cold for Ohio. So in order to conserve heat, we closed off the classroom and moved the learning to the dining room. But the classroom quickly became cluttered since that happened the classroom has become a dumping ground for all things that didn’t have a home. It was seriously in need of a classroom redo. Embarrassingly here is the before photo: So on Saturday my friend Sam posted on facebook and twitter that her classroom…