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Reading aloud has been one of the foundations of our years of homeschooling. It teaches comprehension, sophisticated language patterns, and grammar, not to mention imagination and exposure to cultures, ideas, and history. This all sounds well and good, but what if your kids aren’t thrilled when you announce it’s reading time? Here are some doable…
It can take trial and error to figure out some things about your homeschool style. You might feel like a pinball, bouncing from one method to another, until you finally find a fit for your family….for this semester, anyway. For instance, you may have to experiment to see if your family functions better with a…
Sometimes it’s the little things. And we forget that one woman’s small tip is another woman’s life-changing idea. Recently a mom thanked me for something I said a year ago in a session at the Homeschool Moms Winter Summit. It was a sanity-saving secret for an everyday occurrence, my #1 best idea for homeschool lunches….
What comes to mind as you think about your upcoming homeschool week? Anticipation and joy? Dread and frustration? Many of us don’t understand the power of “everyday” in creating our future life. A succession of “everydays” have created our situation and life today. Fortunately, we can harness the power of our thoughts about our “everydays”…
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a magical homeschool cafeteria, where someone else planned, cooked, and cleaned up meals? The reality is that homeschool families have to eat, and eat three times a day. Anything that happens three times a day, every day, should have a plan. Here are five easy ways to simplify…
You’ve laid out a chore system, made nice chore cards, and written lists of things to be done. You’re determined to make this thing work, to get some household help, and to teach your children responsibility. Surely this new system will be the answer for how to get your kids to do chores. So you…
Homeschooling while running a home business will look different for everyone, depending on the type of business, goals, homeschool style, and family situation. It’s possible to run a thriving business AND a thriving homeschooling family, but it takes planning, hard work, and vision. Do you work and homeschool? Check out our working homeschool moms resource…
The typical stereotype of a homeschooling family doesn’t usually include parents who are madly in love with each other. Society portrays them as harried and exhausted people with no time for each other. Sadly, this picture is often true. Too few couples would describe their homeschooling marriage as “hot!” The strength of the marriage is…
