Many homeschool families are starting up the new homeschool year. Many more families are starting out homeschooling for the first time! I thought it would be the best time to offer my crash course in homeschool tips! Portfolio minded! We 3-hole punch and date everything my son puts pen to paper. (We have a large [...]
We made it through the start of our homeschooling experience! Everyone is still alive and – I think – the boys may have even retained a little bit of what I’ve been trying to teach them. I’d love to sit back and tell you how hard it has been, and how hardcore I am for [...]
Over the years, I have often thought that homeschooling seems quite a bit like running a really long race. For me, once I’m all done homeschooling, it will be a 16 year long race. The sad part about the race, though, is that when I started on the homeschooling track, I had a LOT of [...]
I grew up going to public school. Homeschooling wasn’t really on our radar, so we just went to school like everybody else. Because of that, many of my childhood memories center around the traditional brick and mortar elementary building. Today I delight in the education my own children are receiving at home. But there [...]
Our family is entering into its sixth year of homeschooling and with five children now in the mix, we really need a good system to get organized and keep everyone on track. Here is where visual schedules come in. All of our children can benefit from the addition of a visual schedule, but it [...]
Last month, I shared some general information about Waldorf education as well as ideas for incorporating Waldorf-inspired activities and philosophies into your daily lives. This month, I’d like to share a few ways to bring Waldorf-inspired ideas into your homeschooling, and how to mesh some of those with the styles and methods you are currently [...]