organization

We all know how important the homeschool schedule is. Without it, our lives are often chaos and confusion, with sometimes hours of the day wasted just trying to figure out who’s going where when, what’s coming up next and where did I put the reading comprehension sheets again. As with most aspects of our life, [...]

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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 [...]

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I can still remember that Sunday night sinking feeling I used to get when I was growing up. You probably know what I’m talking about. That drastic drop from the excitement of the weekend to that low point where there was absolutely nothing to look forward to but a bleak Monday morning. When I started [...]

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Have you checked out Homeschool Creations’ downloadable, editable Weekly Homeschool Planner?  It’s on sale now through December 31st!  The normal price is $20, but with the code ORGANIZE12, you can download it for just $12. If you’re interested in reading more about the planner, you can go read about it on Homeschool Creations.  You can [...]

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It’s vacation time again! Hooray!   With three small children at home, traveling by airplane is cost prohibitive for us. We’ll be loading up our beloved minivan and hitting the road to sunny Florida this summer. After surviving this trip three times, I feel somewhat qualified to offer my tips for traveling by car with [...]

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  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 [...]

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