If there's anything I love about homeschooling, it's the ability to take any subject of interest and simply run with it! Just the other day a conversation about the White House somehow turned into a conversation about the secret service, which turned into another conversation about the … [Read more...]
4 Reasons We Don’t Start Our Homeschool Early
I realize some homeschool moms are adamant about it: They need an 8:00 start time for their homeschool or else they feel like they've frittered the best part of their day away. And I understand some people are super-schedulers. Schedules make them happy, make them feel secure and at … [Read more...]
Taking New Year Inventory of Your Homeschool
There’s something about the New Year that makes you want to reevaluate your entire life: Your relationships. Your priorities. Your diet. Your checkbook. Your sock drawer. But what about your homeschool? While I realize January isn’t the start of the school year … [Read more...]
Create a Thanksgiving Tree
I sort of dropped the ball this year when it comes to great fall projects. We always do autumn crafts and art activities and we try to venture out for pumpkin-picking and other fall fun. But this autumn was packed with more weddings and funerals, travel and sickness, and overall BUSYNESS than … [Read more...]
7 Lifesavers For Those Days When You Don’t Want to Homeschool
I know several people homeschooling this year for the first time ever. How awesome, right? The homeschooling movement continues to grow, which can only mean good things for the future of our nation and its families. I talk to these homeschooling beginners and I feel their excitement and … [Read more...]
First Day of Homeschool Scavenger Hunts
Started homeschool yet? It's that time of year! The back-to-school sales are in full-swing and we homeschoolers are stocking up on school supplies and organizing our books and making final plans. I never cease to be amazed that, no matter how brain-strained and school-weary I am at the end … [Read more...]
Bound by a Homeschooling Curriculum
I'm not sure if there's anything that will lead to burn-out and all-around homeschooling misery faster than trying to use a curriculum you just don't like. There were a lot of mistakes I made early on in our homeschooling journey that nearly derailed our efforts, (actually did derail … [Read more...]
My 4 Favorite Books About Homeschooling (Plus Some Honorable Mentions)
The moment I began considering homeschooling, I immediately started reading everything I could get my hands on on the subject. I poured over homeschooling websites and blogs and read every single homeschooling book available at our local library. I still love reading about … [Read more...]
Lies People Believe About Homeschooling Moms
You would think the word would have gotten out by now. I mean, homeschooling has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, so it's not like it's some new and mysterious movement people are just now learning exists. And yet I continue running into these silly misconceptions … [Read more...]
The Road that Led To Homeschool: Four Reasons Why I Didn’t Want to Homeschool
(This one was originally part of a series that, when I wrote it, was more or less half personal diary and half 'homeschooling manifesto'. The things I wrote back then still ring true in my heart and mind today. And while my blog is still unassumingly small, it has … [Read more...]
