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Achieve Big Things in 2025: Goal Setting Made Simple
It’s time to make 2025 the year of intentional progress! In this episode, I’m joined by Laney Homan, our member success manager, to talk about goal setting that works for busy homeschool moms. Laney and I discuss the difference between planning and goal setting, the power of starting small, and how to craft goals that…
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How to Make your Homeschool Plan Not Feel Like a Big Guess
Laura wanted to do this homeschool thing just right. She had struggled in the past, but this year was going to be different. Her homeschool planning was going to be perfect. So she started by buying a fresh, new homeschool planner. You know the kind. It had months of lesson plan grids that started in…
Three Ways I’m Bringing My Basket This School Year
You know that awkward moment when your best friend asks you what you thought of her book? And you liked it, you really liked it, but the English teacher in you wants to ask, “Are you sure somebody didn’t help you with this?” Because it’s just that good. You talk to someone every single day…
Your words aren’t as helpful as you think they are
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…
Making a year-round homeschool schedule work for you
Let’s start with a misconception about year-round homeschooling. It is typically NOT homeschooling all the time. Just because we are year-round homeschoolers that doesn’t mean we are doing more school than your average students. Traditional American school schedules begin in late August, take a couple of weeks off in December, and continue through the end…
The 10 Best Things You’re Not Doing for Your Homeschool
If we’re really being honest with each other, as much as we may love it, the internet can be a big ol’ time suck. We turn to the online world with a desire to make our homeschool better, but often the best gets lost amidst all of the good, not-so-good, or just plain distracting ideas….
What does being faithful look like?
Last week I ruffled a few feathers (93 people unsubscribed, y’all) with the idea that teaching from rest isn’t a passive activity. Today, despite the danger to my email list, I am tackling what being faithful looks like. How can we be sure that we are doing our part for restful teaching? In Teaching from…
How to Use Your Happy Planner to Organize Your Homeschool
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…
Find and Fix the Gaps in Your Child’s Reading with All About Reading
This post contains affiliate links. Disclosure. As a kid, I was a reader. A lot doesn’t even begin to describe how much I read. And though it had to happen at some point, I can’t remember not being able to read or learning to read. I just remember hours spent curled up with a good…
The Ultimate Guide to My Book House for Homeschoolers
Gather in homeschool circles for very long and you will come across mention of My Book House. Usually, the questions about this beloved set of books are either “Are they worth the cost?” or “How do I use them in the homeschool once I have them?” I am going to come right out and say that I…
The sad truth: teaching from rest is not passive
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…
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