Blog renovations mostly done

Sorry to any of you who stopped by and found things all mixed up over the past couple of weeks, as I changed things around. You will see on the left column I now have direct links to some favorite posts or series of posts, with an image so you can get an idea of what the post is about.

I finally finished my long time in the works “printables” page, which you can find along the tabs at the top of my blog. It provides direct links to all the free downloadable printables that I have created and posted about, as well as a link to the post so you can see how we used the printable in our school.

You may have noticed my “Inspiration” page has disappeared, it is coming back, just in draft stage at the moment. I hope to have it back up and running in the next few days. And I hope it will indeed be a source of inspiration! :)

I moved things around a bit in the right column, a few things added and a few removed. You will notice that my “I also write for The Homeschool Classroom” has been removed. Between our move, starting and maintaining a new home, learning the ins and outs of our new city, homeschooling, Baha’i community commitments, and the “mystery” project I am working on, I felt like I had way too much on my plate, so I decided it was time to cut some things out, even if I enjoyed them, and writing regularly on The Homeschool Classroom was one of them. I may do the odd guest post, but will no longer be contributing on a regular basis.

And that is pretty much a wrap! I hope you all find the new layout easier to navigate! :)

I will be back!

To all those who have asked or are wondering…I will be back, just not yet. In a whirlwind of changed plans, the kids and I, and all our stuff ended up leaving Hawaii a week ago (it was originally supposed to be mid-November)! We are staying with family, looking for a home, and trying to begin a new life in a new place. This all means we are super busy and also taking a break from school (at least in the more routine kind of way, but there is still plenty of learning going on). The boys are in cousin and grandparent heaven right now, so they are very happily preoccupied.

As soon as life develops some kind of normality again I will be back, fingers crossed it will be SOON! :)

One year gone by

Yesterday we spent the evening at our county fair. We had a whole lot of fun on the rides together and then the boys won armfuls of prizes in the game area.

But the fair coming round again (it happens once a year) got me thinking about this blog, and the fact that the second post I published in this space was about spending a day at the fair. The post was dated 6 September…which means it has been almost a year since I started Nurturing the tender years. 223 posts later, here I am!

It’s been a good year. I have enjoyed meeting and getting to know so many of you wonderful people out there in the blogosphere, and sharing what I am learning in turn…here’s to another good one!

Sick days...

Kiddos and I have been sick...but will be back soon. When I am, this is some of what I will be sharing:

• A report on our Asia unit study, which we have had loads of fun with (even sick)


• A Nurturing Virtue post (back after the summer break!)


• A fun science experiment


• A report on our coral reef/Hawaiian fish study that we did as a summer project


• And some changes to the layout of the blog

Hopefully starting tomorrow...hope you all have been staying well!

A little note about Twitter…

I opened a Twitter account a few months ago, but honestly, I just cannot get into it. I have found that more than anything, it is just an extra thing to update and with so much going on, I need to decide where my time is best spent, and Twitter is not it for me, at least not for now. So, I have removed the link from my sidebar, and I won’t be updating my account. For those who follow the blog via Twitter, I am really sorry to stop updating there, but you are most welcome to follow via Google friends connect, Facebook, RSS, or email (all links can be found on my right sidebar), I always love the support!