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 love books. LOVE BOOKS. You can find books in just about every room of my house. I’m not sure my husband appreciates my book obsession, but hopefully my children will. At least one day. I also love celebrating my Chinese children’s birth heritage. We have a lot of fun with Spring Festival. One of...
This is our family’s Classical Conversations Cycle 3 reading list, I hope it’s helpful for other CC mamas out there! As I wrote in my last post, this year will be heavy on reading as we simplify. Our American history studies are the basis for most of our literature picks this year, I am 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...
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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