Wouldn’t it be nice to have a folder/scrapbook/keepsake album all rolled into one? Well, I was determined to figure out how to accomplish such a feat! I was very puzzled when I first began homeschooling about how to keep everything together for that year…I mean if I kept EVERYTHING, I’d need a 45 gallon bucket! [...]
End of the Year Portfolio Photo Collage
April 26, 2013 by 1 Comment
The following is a post by contributing writer Michelle of Raising Cajuns. A lot of what we do as homeschoolers doesn’t happen on a sheet of paper and doesn’t fit in a three-ring binder. My kids like to look back and see a record of the places we went and the things they did, so I take lots of [...]
5 Things To Remember When One Child Excels But The Other Struggles
April 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
The following post is from contributing author Heather Harris from Teaching My 3. One of the many beauties of homeschooling is allowing children to move at their own pace. Sometimes this means whizzing through a math unit in half the time you thought it would take. Other times, it could mean having to spend [...]
How to Build Homeschool Habits
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The following is a post by contributing writer Michelle of Raising Cajuns. You’ve probably heard that you need to turn actions into habits if you want to make lasting change. The same truth applies to decluttering, health, or cleaning habits as well as learning activities. I hear a lot of people say they’d like to [...]
10 Great Educational Tools For Children 2-5
January 9, 2013 by 4 Comments
The following is a post from contributing writer Carlie who blogs over at So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler? and Managing Your Blessings. I don’t know about you, but one thing that has always been a challenge for me is keeping my two active sons (ages 4 and 5) occupied while schooling their big sister. [...]
Switching Curriculum in Your Homeschool
January 4, 2013 by 3 Comments
The following post is from contributing writer Carlie Kercheval who blogs over at So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler? Have you ever had a really good rhythm going with your homeschool curriculum and then all of a sudden, one day, it seems as if it is no longer working? Maybe it has happened to you [...]
Scheduling for Middle School: Heading Toward Independent Learning
November 19, 2012 by 4 Comments
—– The following is a post from contributing writer Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home. Middle school is a time of great transition in our family’s home education program. We take a relaxed approach during the elementary years—not unschooling, but definitely far from school-at-home. My youngest is in sixth grade now. I work with him [...]
