From the start, we have homeschooled year-round. I didn’t think much of it. It just came naturally. When my kids were little, we did preschool activities all year. So when I began homeschooling, we kept on learning all year. I…
If you feel like you are floundering in your homeschool, you might need to take a step back and look at why. One main reason may be a lack of direction or not having a clear mission statement. A mission…
It is so easy as a homeschool parent to forget to be well, just mom. I know I can get in teacher mode and forget to shut it off. However, homeschooling is more than teaching. You know what I mean,…
The year is coming to an end, and everyone is all about resolutions and goal setting. Which I’ll admit, I am too. However, it is important to reevaluate your homeschool for the new year too. Now, I know January isn’t…
Should you give grades in your homeschool? I can honestly say this was one of the first things I thought about when we began our homeschool journey. After all, I had taught in public and private schools for almost a…
Though we are year-round homeschoolers, we have a relaxed summer schedule and start in seriously in the fall. We have many standard traditions for our first day of homeschool. My kids look forward to these traditions and indulge me with…
We haven’t always been homeschoolers. My kids went to public school briefly; my daughter went until second grade, and my son went to kindergarten. I hated every minute of it. For me, the start of the school year was NOT…
So many families are scared to homeschool high school. It seems so intimidating, especially at the thought of creating transcripts, course descriptions, tracking reading, assigning credits, and all the other record-keeping involved to help kids get into college. That is…
Does your heart race and sweat start dripping when you think of picking homeschool curriculum?! Well, it could be for two reasons; 1) you get so super excited pouring through curriculum, or 2) you become paralyzed with all the options.…
I love homeschooling. It can be hard at times, but we sometimes make things more difficult on ourselves with our own thoughts. Believe me, I know. Even after six years, I do it too. But we need to understand one…