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Although we have been homeschooling for over a decade, this is the first summer that I am taking time to just leisurely make plans for next school year. Typically I make plans each week of the school year as we go along. This was kind of an unexpected way to [...]
As the end of the school year approaches it may be a good time for you to evaluate your ability to teach your children before you start making plans for next year.
We homeschool year round, but I like to take the time each year around now, when many other homeschool families are winding down, to [...]
Summer is coming. There will be a break and during that time we are child training.
Even though we are homeschooling “year round” this year, I have planned several breaks over the summer. I have also planned to lighten our studies by half in favor of outside play and family time. But, just because we aren’t [...]
As moms, it can be so easy to let our kids become the center of our world. This is especially true for us homeschooling moms (and dads, too, I bet). I often wonder what I’ll do when my kids are grown and gone because being a homeschooling mom defines a huge portion of who I [...]
I was mad, not just irritated, but really mad. Anger had gotten the best of me and all sense of smarts went out the window.
The morning went fantastic. Everyone cooperated and worked efficiently on their schoolwork. I took my youngest out for a break to play some baseball in the front yard. We had a [...]
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Is it just me and my kids, or do you have standard lunches in your homeschool? I think part of it is that familiar is easy…and then, there’s just the fact that the kids have their favorites. Some of our standard lunches include:
Sandwiches — I usually fix tuna because it offers, believe [...]