Winter Homeschooling: How to Beat the Blues this Year
Winter homeschooling provides the opportunity for reading by the fire, bread baking days, and bottomless pots of hot cocoa. But you and I both know that it can also mean…
102 Interesting Things to Explore In Your Morning Meeting
Since the beginning of our homeschool journey, we have loved starting our days with a morning meeting. Right after breakfast, or sometimes even during it, we’ll grab the pile of…
This is What You Need to Know To Beat the November Slump
Alright homeschool moms, are you feeling the November homeschool slump like I am right now? Slumpy? Unmotivated to do school? A little more apt to let the kids get out…
Homeschool for Cheap: How to Make it Happen for Just $100
The homeschool budget seems to need to be ever-growing, especially when there’s so much temptation out there for bright and shiny new curriculum. There’s been school years where I have…
How to Give Your Kids a Delightful Education
Like most kids, I went to public school–not delightful education by any means. But I didn’t realize until I was a grown-up with my own kids how incredibly delightful my…
103 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU NEED A SUBSTITUTE HOMESCHOOL TEACHER
Homeschool moms are amazing at being ON all the time. But sometimes we need a substitute teacher, am I right? We’re tough but we still get colds, headaches, PMS. We…
94 REASONS WE TAKE A LONG SUMMER BREAK
Whether or not to take a summer break in your homeschool year can be a hot topic. I’m a traditionalist about lots of things–from soup to homeschool summer breaks. I…
15 IDEAS TO SIMPLIFY SPRING HOMESCHOOL
If there’s ever a season to do this, I’ve definitely learned to simplify spring homeschool. I’ve mentioned before that spring is typically the hardest season in our homeschool. It’s busy….
HOMESCHOOL PLANS FOR SPRING SESSION
I’ve been sharing my seasonal plans here lately as way to hopefully give you some inspiration and to hold myself accountable as well! So far, I’ve shared our December School…
HOW TO CREATE A HOMESCHOOL PLAN WHEN YOU STINK AT PLANNING
You want to be that organized homeschool mama with a spreadsheet, and a plan, and neat little kiddos with ironed shirts. But let me tell you something: spreadsheets are…
101 REASONS WHY HOMESCHOOLING IS HARD…AND WHY IT’S SO WORTH IT ANYWAY
If you homeschool, you already know homeschooling is hard. If you’re thinking about homeschooling and think it’s not, let me warn you…it is. You’re trying to make the decision whether…
WINTER OLYMPICS HOMESCHOOL IDEAS
I was 12 years old when I watched Oksana Baiul skate to Swan Lake across the ice in Lillehammer, Norway. The house would have had to have started on fire…
COZY HOMESCHOOL: LESSON PLANS FOR OUR WINTER SESSION
You’ve heard me talk about cozy homeschool before and how amazing you can make your winter homeschool lesson plans. Because I wonder if you might be curious like I always…
A HOMESCHOOL MAMA’S JOURNAL: MARCH
Welcome back to another installment of A Homeschool Mama’s Journal. This is all the things that have been happening over here in the few weeks. First and foremost…spring!! It seems…
A HOMESCHOOL MAMA’S JOURNAL: FEBRUARY
I started a new thing last month–showing a little peek into my homeschool mama’s journal. This journal is something I started at the beginning of the school year. Basically a…
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW TO GET YOUR HOMESCHOOL ORGANIZED
One of the biggest hesitations people have with homeschooling is this: I would love to homeschool but I am not organized at all! Having an organized homeschool doesn’t have to be complex….
MY HOMESCHOOL JOURNAL: JANUARY EDITION
Ever wish you could peek into the pages of a homeschool moms journal? Ya, me too. So I started making one months ago. Let’s back up. Sometime back in October I…
DAILY FOCUS FOR OUR MORNING MEETING
Last year, morning meeting was the highlight of our day. This year though, I could tell about two weeks into school that the spark had not followed us from last…
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