Kara S. Anderson

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I'm Kara, homeschool mom, writer, tea drinker, yoga-doer and girl with the overdue books. I spend very early mornings and very late nights writing about homeschooling and parenting. I'm so glad you're here!

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We got to do The Coolest thing today!! 💚 We at

We got to do The Coolest thing today!! 💚

We attended a tea grinding ceremony with a master stonecutter from Kyoto, Japan.

The stone grinder he used in this ceremony took a month to create.

💚💚💚

We got to enjoy fresh matcha - it was incredible. I mean - like - seriously unforgettable.

I also learned that people study the art of Japanese tea ceremony for years. My children’s Japanese tutor has been studying for 5 years.

The idea of continuing to learn during your whole life came up again and again today.

🍵 🇯🇵 💚

P.S. That’s my teen grinding tea in the photo and video.

What a gift, to get to live in this moment, with t

What a gift, to get to live in this moment, with the leaves changing + a hot tea in hand.

I’m so excited about this! @heather.blogshewrote

I’m so excited about this! @heather.blogshewrote and I are going to chat getting ready for graduation/college.

I’m basically going to ask her all the things that are Freaking. Me. Out.

Heather is awesome. 🥰 She is such an expert with this stuff - especially when it comes to helping neurodivergent kids or kids with chronic illness 💙

I hope you can join us!

So … I always wanted a big family. I’m excite

So … I always wanted a big family.

I’m excited to announce that after 3+ months of fostering, our family officially adopted Pablo today.

Mac is on his way with a new adventure, and I’m taking a foster mama break. 💟

It’s been wonderful, but my heart is too tender right now for fostering.

I’ll still be sharing updates here and there about Pablo and our big ol cat family at @karacatsandkittens 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

P.S. Yes - Pablo almost got adopted like 4 times. But he fits here and we are so glad he’s part of our family. 🖤

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GIVEAWAY!! 🎉

Hi friends! Last week when my audiobook for More Than Enough hit No. 1 in homeschooling and motherhood new releases, some friends told me I should celebrate …

But I didn’t have any fun ideas …until I saw these bracelets!

So now, to say thank you for your support of my book, I am giving away one of each of these bracelets:

• I am Enough

• Beautiful Girl, You Can Do Hard Things

• Courage, Dear Heart

To enter to win a bracelet:

1️⃣ Like this post

2️⃣ Be sure you are following this account
@karastephensonanderson

3️⃣ Leave a comment letting me know your favorite quote, mantra or inspirational saying for when you need encouragement

For bonus entries:

⏺ Tag your friends to share the fun

⏺ Share this giveaway in your stories, and then come back and leave a comment letting me know you did so!

This giveaway ends Saturday, 9/25 at 12 p.m. CST.

Winners will be contacted directly.

Small print stuff: U.S. addresses only. This giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Instagram.

Good luck!! 🍀

Ever since my kids started learning Japanese, I ge

Ever since my kids started learning Japanese, I get lots of questions about getting kiddos started with Japanese learning.

But the truth is, we are very lucky. My kids work with a lovely tutor.

I literally found her by googling “Japanese tutor” and our town name 🥰

But if you want to get started on your own, I have a few ideas from my kids.

First, this is the textbook/workbook they use. We actually spotted it in the college bookstore when we went to pick up my son’s books for this semester.

I’m told it’s kind of the Gold Standard. I’ll put a link in my bio for you.

We also purchased the Genki app that goes with this book for both kids that plays the audio.

OTHER APPS:
- Anki (flash cards)
- OTO Navi
- tracing apps that allow you to practice writing
- Kana

WEBSITES:

They both highly recommend
- ToFuGu
- Web Japan

Finally, they both recommend watching Japanese documentaries with English subtitles.

🇯🇵 If you have Japanese resources, especially for younger kids, please share in the comments!

Book link: https://amzn.to/3Cnony7 (clickable link in bio - affiliate link)

Hi friends!! The past 48 hours have been just a l

Hi friends!!

The past 48 hours have been just a little 🍌 🍌, so I wanted to share a post to let you know about lots of things.

Head to the link in my bio to read it all, but:

🙀 the More Than Enough audiobook came out and it’s doing really well and is currently No. 1 in Homeschooling new releases!

🙀 Um, a new podcast is coming

🙀 @thehomeschoolsisters is coming back 9/21

🙀 We have a super fun Cait or Kara quiz for you to take 👏

There’s probably much more, but I did my best to sum it up here: karasanderson.com/MTE-audiobook

Thank you everyone for your continued support! I’m so grateful 🤍🤍

Hi. I’m OK. I’m not freaking out. It’s jus

I hope you’ll join us tomorrow! 11 a.m. PST on I

I hope you’ll join us tomorrow! 11 a.m. PST on Instagram at @homeschool_mama_self_care 🤍🤍

I’m so excited to announce that the More Than En

I’m so excited to announce that the More Than Enough audiobook will be available next week!

You’ll be able to find it on Audible and iTunes. 💃💃

But right now, you can get a sneak peek.

Just go to https://bit.ly/MTEaudio to download a free sample chapter ☕️🤍

(Clickable link in my bio too - @karastephensonanderson)

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