“We homeschool for the flexibility.” Oh, how often have I heard or said that phrase? The freedom of planning, scheduling, and schooling on our own timetable is priceless. For years, we schooled on a non-traditional calendar year schedule; it worked for us. It is nice to take vacations during the off-season. It is nice to…
One of the problems moms tell us they have with mornings is getting up before their kids; their kiddos get up when they do no matter what! What can we control about kids getting up when we do? First – look at it as a compliment – they want to be where you are. Embrace…
My whole life, I’ve been notoriously bad at mornings. So bad that my online persona jabs at my name, Dawn, by making it “dusk.” I even have a standard response when someone mentions an excessively early time, “There’s a 5am?!” with shock and awe. My school days, college, even work days pre-kid began as late…
I was recently asked, “How can I possibly fit Morning Time into my jam-packed day? It takes us all day to just do the basics with my kids. We don’t have time to add anything else.” That could absolutely be true. However, I’ve found that work, like slime, expands to fit the time available. So…
All of the sudden everyone is home all the time. Together. And the places to go? Most of them are closed, too. If they aren’t already homeschooled – kids will be home. If possible, many parents are suddenly working remotely, telecommuting from home. Sometimes both parents, sometimes one comes home into the established homeschool environment….
Hi. My name is Dawn. I’m not a morning person. Ironic, I know. I have a life-long aversion to getting up early to do … anything. Except fun things like Christmas or vacation and then I cannot sleep. But, I digress. I have noticed that a really filling breakfast is important for my kids and…
I’ve noticed that my attitudes get passed along to my children with pretty much zero effort on my part. When I am happy, things mostly flow along happily. When I worry, their worry amps up. When I am frantic, so are they. When I am calm … well, there’s always an exception to prove the…
This post is part of our how to homeschool lots of kids with babies and toddlers series. Be sure to read the rest of the series. I remember vainly sifting through the vendor hall at the Great Homeschool Convention searching for something – almost anything – my very social, very dependent-on-me 4 year old daughter…
Morning Time is the most important part of our school day. In our homeschool, we have always had a portion of our day set aside as a type of “Morning Time” because so many of the benefits of community learning in short lessons are found there. We homeschool – at least to some extent –…
“Everyone was up late and needs just a quiet day.” “We’ve been working so hard, a day off is just what we need. “ “We missed lessons yesterday, I’m not motivated today.” “These mild coughs could get worse if we do school.” “Let’s just have a reading day.” “I want to read my book ……
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