Now that it’s November, all the stores – and maybe your family home – are decorated for the holidays. It’s a special time of the year, full of wonderful traditions and memory-making events. But for some folks, it’s also the time of year...
I love homeschooling. Even when it’s hard – even when it doesn’t look like I wish it did – I love this life. I enjoy most of the standard things – I like the freedom to choose curriculum that works for us, and I feel truly lucky that I get to spend...
As moms of many we often worry, “Am I meeting the needs of each individual child? How do I balance teaching multiple children in my homeschool?” I have some real talk for you. On any given day, it’s very unlikely that you will be able to perfectly balance teaching...
Back when I was in the classroom, I developed a “teach them to fish” mentality with all sorts of administrative tasks that could take away my (oh, so limited) time to actually teach the kids. I would cringe when I’d see other teachers spending their precious planning...
I was talking with a friend the other day about doing school work with kids. Her kids are in public school; mine are homeschooled. But we both agreed that our biggest problem with school work is the same: telling the difference between skill issues and character...
The minute you walk into my daughter Gv’s room, you start to wonder if you’ve stepped through the wrong door and are back outside. That’s because you’re immediately met by piles of rocks, sticks, feathers, shells, moss, lichen and other bits of nature that she...
Now that it’s November, all the stores – and maybe your family home – are decorated for the holidays. It’s a special time of the year, full of wonderful traditions and memory-making events. But for some folks, it’s also the time of year...
I love homeschooling. Even when it’s hard – even when it doesn’t look like I wish it did – I love this life. I enjoy most of the standard things – I like the freedom to choose curriculum that works for us, and I feel truly lucky that I get to spend...
As moms of many we often worry, “Am I meeting the needs of each individual child? How do I balance teaching multiple children in my homeschool?” I have some real talk for you. On any given day, it’s very unlikely that you will be able to perfectly balance teaching...
Back when I was in the classroom, I developed a “teach them to fish” mentality with all sorts of administrative tasks that could take away my (oh, so limited) time to actually teach the kids. I would cringe when I’d see other teachers spending their precious planning...
I was talking with a friend the other day about doing school work with kids. Her kids are in public school; mine are homeschooled. But we both agreed that our biggest problem with school work is the same: telling the difference between skill issues and character...
The minute you walk into my daughter Gv’s room, you start to wonder if you’ve stepped through the wrong door and are back outside. That’s because you’re immediately met by piles of rocks, sticks, feathers, shells, moss, lichen and other bits of nature that she...
