Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Family Herbalist
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.
This reading list will wrap up all four of the Claritas cycles! I’m so excited to have all 4 reading lists completed, but also a bit shocked that we’re coming up on our fourth year with Claritas! Where does the time go?! This list correlates to Story of the World, Volume 3. We’ll be studying...
I’m a little late to the game here, but I wanted to post our summer reading list for 2018! Most of this list is made up of titles we didn’t finish throughout the school year, but I’ve tried to sprinkle in a few more “fun” stories as well. There are also a few titles that...
This kid. My pride in all he’s accomplished this year is simply overflowing. I am so impressed and amazed at how much progress he’s made. He started the school year scribbling his coloring assignments to finish as quickly as possible, with no concern for color choices or staying in the lines. It’s just where he...
With Lunar New Year quickly approaching, it’s a terrific time to add a few titles to our China library! Especially given that we were just studying a little bit of Chinese history during the Middle Ages, these new titles are perfectly timed. We read through all but the last of these books in the same...
The school year is officially back in session and the schedule is slowly returning to normal after all of the holiday festivities. Although I could have used another week or so, it’s nice to be back on a more regimented routine. Everyone is working hard on their school lessons and I am trying to adjust...
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Hi friend! This list is so amazing! I would love to read a blog post about A-day in the life and how you actually implement reading all these books and keeping hands busy or how you keep kids from getting bored about being read to. How much of these do your kids read independent? Do you post a list of all your curriculum choices? You are such an inspiration to me! Bless you and your upcoming school year!
Hey mama! We don’t read all of these, they’re just a jumping off point for me to plan. I plan a couple weeks ahead regarding what we’ll be reading, based on what we have going on and how much time we have to read. These are intended for read alouds – independent reading is separate and specific to co-op assignments, etc. So again, we definitely won’t get through the whole list! Ha! I do keep crayons, paper, stickers, etc., as well as playdoh, small legos, etc., available for the kids to play with while I’m reading, Sometimes the older kids will work on quiet independent assignments (spelling, math, copy work) while I read. I also read during lunch (I try to eat before them, but sometimes it’s after), so they’re eating then and don’t need things to do with their hands. Does that help at all?
Do you do a Science curriculum to accompany Claritas? I was thinking about Apologia or Gods Design. I was hoping the Chemistry curriculum would match up with cycle 3 but was hoping you might have some input