The following is a post by contributing writer Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home. To test or not to test? It is one of the most common questions I hear in homeschooling discussions. Every state has different requirements for testing. In our state (Tennessee), one must register in one of three ways in order to [...]
The following is a post from contributing writer Jen at Forever, For Always, No Matter What It’s that time of year when many of us are counting down the days until our last official day of school. Here 10 ways to wrap up the school year. 1. Order curriculum/books for the next year – [...]
photo credit The following is a post from Kris Bales from Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. I don’t know about your part of the country, but in the South we have been enjoying some very spring-like weather. (At least, we were at the time this post was written. I’ve heard that winter is making an encore next [...]
Photo Credit By now, you’ve passed the half way mark in your school year if you follow a traditional school year calendar. This isn’t usually the time that you’d think about making a plan for the next school year, but maybe you should be thinking about it. Winter tends to be a blah time. We [...]
Our first year of schooling has hit a brick wall, a brick wall that comes in the form of severe morning sickness. (I have never understood why it’s called morning sickness – it lasts all day!) Yep folks, we are expecting our fourth little blessing sometime around May of next year! Now, not only do [...]
1. Make a school schedule you can stick to and then stick to it. All too often we either try to adhere to a schedule that makes no sense for our family or we abandon a perfectly working schedule because we are chasing other things. Sometimes that chasing is honorable and sometimes it is selfish. [...]