The memory grows more worn with time and years of experience under my belt, but I still remember the early days of homeschooling, when I felt a little bit like a deer in headlights, thinking to myself sometimes, "Whoa! How did I get here?" Because you have to understand … [Read more...]
What We’ve Been Learning This Month: March Edition
In January I decided at the end of each month to share a few of the interesting things we had done and learned in that month. How embarrassing to forget to do it then in February! Oops. But, then again, February does that crazy 28-day thing and the end of the month just … [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention
There's no question about it: you can have a happy, fully successful homeschool year without ever attending a homeschooling convention. You can provide your children with a solid education and be a positive, focused, contented homeschooling mom or dad, all without ever setting one foot into a … [Read more...]
Homeschooling Through the Winter Blues
Some folks call it the "winter blues", but whatever you call it, I'm pretty sure I've got it! I suffer from SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder. And I'm not kidding. After years of struggling with a mild depression every winter, I finally had to admit that I really am … [Read more...]
What We’ve Been Learning This Month: January Edition
With wrapping up the holidays and family visits and our first snowstorm of the season, it seems January has been a busy, or at least eventful month! But homeschooling goes on, even though the gloominess of winter sometimes makes the school days feel longer and a little more … [Read more...]
6 Things My Kids Love About Homeschooling
If you think homeschooled kids are poor, naive, socially-deprived little urchins who either hate their homeschooling existence, or like it only because they know nothing else, you would be wrong. Like really, really wrong. For one, homeschoolers are more active and engaged and … [Read more...]
In Case You Ever Wondered: Why My Homeschooled Kids Don’t Know What Grade They’re In
I haven't lost my ability to THINK like a traditional schooler. I spent a lot of years going to public school and then more years thinking my kids would do the same, so I know exactly the things I would have thought were weird about homeschooling. And this is one of them. … [Read more...]
Tips for Wrapping Up Your Homeschool Year
We're done!!! With the exception of a field trip I have planned for today, homeschool for the 2015-2016 year is complete and I'm left with the task of tying up all the loose ends to officially close out this year and prepare for next. So what steps does a homeschooling mom take to … [Read more...]
My Homeschool Convention Finds
Last week I went to my first homeschool convention of the year and came home, as usual, refreshed and rejuvenated, with more catalogs and notes and free info than I could ever find the time to sort through. And I also came home with some pretty awesome purchases! Interestingly … [Read more...]
How to Prep for a Homeschool Convention
Finally, homeschool convention season is here! If you don't homeschool then of course that means nothing to you. And if you do homeschool and you've never considered attending a convention, it may still mean nothing to you. But homeschool conventions are like a lifeline for me. I go to … [Read more...]
