It’s official. Anecdotally anyway. Recently, I asked a question on my Facebook page about which homeschooling book moms should absolutely not miss. Overwhelmingly the answer was Sarah Mackenzie’s Teaching From Rest. It’s no secret that I am a fan. And while the enthusiasm for this book doesn’t surprise me (okay, maybe the sheer volume of…
Half the battle is having a good battle plan. I am sure some great general said that at some point. If not, they needed to. Because it is totally true. Even if the day is falling apart around me, as long as I know where I am going next, I still feel like I might…
“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 ……
Be proactive, not reactive You know you are going to have good days and bad days. We’ve been talking the past couple of weeks about how we might be the ones sabotaging our homeschools. We also discussed the importance of having our attitudes ordered rightly because someone might be watching. But what does this look…
When my daughter was two years old, she had the cutest habit of picking up her toy cell phone, holding it to her ear, and making a noise somewhere between a growl and a disgusted sigh. “Look,” we would laugh. “Where did she learn that?” Until one day I was driving down a stretch of…
The morning light was thin, blue, and cold. It was cozy under my blanket though as I sipped my coffee. I had an edifying book in my lap — who am I kidding — I was scrolling Facebook on my phone. One kid was asleep, two were upstairs watching “educational” cartoons, and frankly, I was…
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…
I know you mean well. When I published my post on homeschool consistency I got quite a few responses. There were people who thanked me for writing the post, talking about how much it helped them (which was my intent). There were a few who condemned the need for me to write the post in…
In my post last week about homeschool consistency, I shared my very real struggles. Happily, at the time I was struggling, my kids were very young. Learning was happening (we always made our required number of days each year) but never with enough consistency to reap the benefits of being consistent (Those benefits are huge,…
Dear Self, I am here today with some tough love. Because I do love you and I know this homeschooling your kids thing is important to you. And yet, you struggle with homeschool consistency. Often. So someone has to point out the elephant in the room before all the peanuts are gone and you are left…
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