Homeschooling with toddlers and preschoolers underfoot can be tough. This week Colleen talks to Sara McClure who has a new book out all about how to keep those little ones occupied, engaged, and learning while you focus on homeschooling the bigger kiddos. Join us as we learn all about busy bags. Links and resources from…
Homeschooling high school — what does it look like? Well, let me show you! And while I do that, I’ll also add some commentary about what’s happening. You know, like on the DVD when you can watch the movie with the actors talking over top, telling you about every scene? That’ll be me! A Day…
Learning about loop scheduling five years ago was one of the best things that ever happened to my homeschool. Suddenly I was able to schedule my day in such a way that I never stressed about missing a day in the schedule. Other times, I have used block schedules with much success in my Morning…
I was never going to be one of those people. You know the ones, those Happy Planner people. What was that thing anyway? Three big boxes for each day? What would I ever use that for? No lines, no nicely divided subject areas for my homeschool planner. The thing was useless as far as I…
The final step in the homeschool planning series is how to take all of these wonderful plans you have made and communicate them to your students so they can get things done. In this video, we have a ton of tips about schedules, routines, student planners, clipboards and so much more. *This was recorded live…
The question of balance comes up often — especially when a homeschooling mom is a working mom, too. In this episode, the first with a special new guest host, we turn the tables on Pam and hear HER methods for staying on top of it all… homeschooling, podcasting, blogging, raising a family, and staying sane….
We recently returned from a massive summer road-trip and are amazed at all our preschooler learned along the way. Learning through travel is not a novel concept – expanding your horizons happens automatically when you’re exploring all that a destination has to offer…like art and culture, history, science, different people and food… We hit cities…
Ah, the paper monster. So hard to deal with because we are not only concerned about what records we need to keep for official purposes in our homeschools, but also we struggle with the emotional attachment to what our kids have created. It’s enough to make you a little crazy. In this video, we discuss…
There’s this false dichotomy that pops up in the homeschool world, “You shouldn’t have a schedule, you should have a routine.” It sounds all well and good, a wonderful idea for folks who have an established routine or are not easily distracted. Not so for many of us. Not so for me. I need a…
In step 8 of the homeschool planning series, we figure out what to do with all the stuff. You may have a homeschool room, a homeschool closet, shelf, or even just a box — but you still need a way to keep everything organized. See some of my favorite homeschool items here and ways I…
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