Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not homeschooling my favorite students, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use herbal remedies and essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
I am SO excited about this upcoming homeschool year! Our American history studies are going to be super fun and we’re going to dive into human anatomy for science! The name of the game this year is simplicity though. With adding Dumpling to our crew, I want to make sure I’m not overdoing it. So...
I love growing our adoption book library. It’s so fun to learn about other families’ favorite books, so I thought I’d share our adoption-themed favorites. Some are more favorite than others, but we’ve read them all. A handful are China-related, but could still be great for children not adopted from China. Some simply have fantastic...
With Chinese New Year (or Spring Festival) just around the corner, it seemed like a good time to post about our favorite books celebrating the holiday! There are so many terrific books available! Our library is still a little small and certainly in the “growing” stage, but here is a list of what we like...
Trying to preserve or teach birth language is one way to help adopted children connect with their heritage. Although we struggled just with English for quite a long time with Sunshine, we are now trying to teach all the kids as much Chinese Mandarin as we can, with the hope that maybe one day they’ll...
Updated July 2019. This reading list coordinates with the Classical Conversations Cycle 2 History memory work. We no longer use CC exclusively for memory work, but this is a solid book list for the covered time periods. These titles are geared more toward elementary students with pictures books, as well as chapter books. The focus...
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