Thrift Schooling

Our Thrift Steading Craft Kits are now available on Etsy!     Perfect to have on hand for rainy days, sick days, or breaks—these kits are great for elementary-aged kids and up.  After selling these at craft fairs and homeschool conventions over the past few months, we have found that adults enjoy treating themselves to a kit, too! So, go ahead and grab some for your kids, yourself, or a crafty friend with a birthday in the near future.    The listings are LIVE, and at a discounted price of only $22.95/ea. (reg. $25) Order a bundle for savings of over $10.  Or purchase individual kits here: Alpaca Fiber Needle Felting Kit  Seed Cards Papermaking Craft Kit  Seed Bombs Indoor/Outdoor Wildflower Kit     BONUS: Thrift Schooling Readers  may use code: FREESHIP for free shipping on all single kits or bundles.  Hurry, the code ends at 11:59 pm on 9/4!

  If you’ve started making daily decisions that lead to a more sustainable life, ensuring that everything you buy, eat, and discard is done in the most waste-free and eco-friendly way possible, it might be worth taking the time to really think about it. What steps are you willing to take to work with what God has given us rather than against it? If you want to make a more serious commitment to a sustainable lifestyle, here are a few suggestions on how you can do just that. Making More Than A Home If you want to adopt sustainability as a mindset, encompassing more than just a few actions, then there’s no better place to start than with your home. Homesteading provides a direct path to living in greater harmony with your environment. From growing your own vegetables to raising animals for food in a humane manner, you can empower yourself to live more independently while minimizing your contribution to practices like factory farming and industrial processes. Of course, not everyone c...

  Dreaming of establishing the perfect homestead? You absolutely can—even on a budget. Do not let finances keep you from taking that first step. Maybe you just need to pivot and try a new approach. For over a decade, Thrift Schooling has provided resources, reviews, and encouragement for homeschooling—and continues to do so! Now I am excited to introduce you to Thrift Steading—a dedicated section on the Thrift Schooling website with tips for homesteading on the cheap. SIGN UP today to be notified when the launch begins!

On day two of our spring break, my husband calls me on his lunch break. I explain to him about the lapbooks the kids are working on, the books we read and what we had planned for the rest of the day. His response, "Well, I'll let you go enjoy your spring break ..." Haha. It's true. Learning is too much fun that it's too hard to escape it during breaks! This year we did things a little differently for our break. We actually had no clue when we were going to take it.  We were waiting to hear from up north when the maple trees were ready to be tapped, then we were going to surprise the kids with a trip up to visit their grandparents in Wellsboro, PA who have over a hundred taps on their property! Once we received the call I secretly packed bags, did laundry, gathered snow gear and shopped for snacks hoping the kids would be oblivious to all the commotion going on around the house. Before we left I prepped them on the basics of maple syrup making, (teaching myself ...