If you’re new to homeschooling, one of the first questions you face will be curriculum choice. I myself am often asked about this topic by curious non-homeschoolers — How do you decide what to use? Where do you get them? The fact that most believe there has to be a curriculum at all is telling [...]
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Each year, thousands of school kids spend their summers at week-long camps designed to occupy their times and maybe even fine tune some academic skills. Even Percy Jackson gets to spend his summers learning how to be the perfect Half Blood. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a Home Camp, to whip out the [...]
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Sooner or later, every homeschooler is bound to get the question. No, not the annoying one about socialization, but the one that — directly or indirectly — questions your ability to educate your children: “What do you do all day?” It is not uncommon for homeschoolers to draw a blank. With days meshing into weeks, weeks [...]
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Spring has officially arrived! Now is the perfect time for kite-flying, gardening, and hiking! But there is no need to go all out — start slow. Design the kite, plant some seedlings, and take a micro-hike. What’s a micro-hike, you ask? It is a trek like no other, where you can climb mountainous peaks, cross [...]
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Every now and then, I get an email in my inbox asking how I homeschool. While I am flattered to even be considered knowledgeable enough to dole out advice, everything I know is just particular for my own family. I know my kids, and I know what works for us. That being said, there are [...]
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I used to stress over standards. In my early years of homeschooling, I had looked through and used an assortment of “What Your Child Needs To Know” books, grade-appropriate workbooks, and Spectrum Test Preps, in the hopes that my children will know everything they needed to for their grade levels. I poured through the school [...]
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Just a Tiny Owl: Whimsical and Inspirational Art
