I’m so happy to introduce you to Sarah Lashbrook today.  I met Sarah on Instagram when a mutual friend asked us to join in curating an account for the encouragement of Charlotte Mason homeschool moms and their real, every day lives. That account @charlottemasonirl has been a lot of fun and the nine of us…
Last winter my third grader, Sarah Joan, and I were so frustrated with homeschool and each other. I had tried several systems, including the spiral notebook system, to no avail. She still wasn’t independently task driven, and I was still falling behind giving her assignments. Being a bit of a day dreamer, she also had…
Depending on where you live, the “First Day of School” might be just around the corner! And you know what that means. It means that your Facebook and Instagram feeds are going to be full of cute pictures of kids holding printed signs that say “First Day of __ Grade!” There will be new clothes, new…
There are a number of different kinds of book lists that you can create for your homeschool. You might need a reading list for science or history, one for literature, a list for beginning readers to use to practice independently, or a list for Morning Time. Whatever reason you are creating a list, there is one…
As homeschool moms, we often fantasize about getting time alone. It can be so hard to be surrounded by our peeps day after day after day after day after day. It seems like life is always loud and chaotic, there is usually an argument to referee or a kid to discipline, and someone invariably spills…
Shopping has to be one of my favorite parts of homeschool planning. You too? 🙂 Once you have your vision, goals, and course of study in place, then shopping is easy. You simply choose which curriculum and resources to help you fulfill your vision. This video is about finding a good return policy, letting go of…
In Plan Your Year, Pam teaches strategies for carefully thinking through your beliefs about education, the needs of your children, then the means to pull those things together into an achievable, cohesive plan. Writing goals for my children was not something I’d ever done before in our homeschool. Likely this is because I’m not personally…
In this video, we talk about why it is important to set aside time in your day and label it as school time and how to do your planning in big buckets so you don’t feel trapped by a schedule. *This was recorded live on Facebook. For a peek at the comments you can also…
A few months ago, I came across an article on social media that really set me off. It was extolling the benefits of process-based children’s art, but at the same time, completely bashing any type of children’s craft that results in a product. This sent me leaping up onto my living room soapbox because sometimes…
On step four of the planning process, you have lots and lots of options. The idea is to USE them. Don’t be afraid to break of out the traditional schooling box and do something different that will meet the needs of your family. We talk about all the options here! *This was recorded live on…
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