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I love gardening. It can be such a fulfilling way to connect with the natural world. (Plus, with the cost of groceries these days, many of us are becoming more interested in growing our own food!) But the garden can provide more than just food for homeschooling families. It can also provide a great way…
Why Does Tech Education Matter? Preparing Our Kids for the Challenges of Tomorrow There are so many things our children need to know before they graduate from our homeschools. Is tech really one of them?? Why does tech education matter? Is there a good reason to include subjects such as coding, AI, and robotics in…
Written by LeAnne Varenkamp of Dream Dinners – The Original Meal Kit Company Yesterday, was one of those days. Laundry on the couch for the second (or third…) day, a sick toddler, trying to help with high school algebra… Add in the ongoing effects of the seemingly never-ending pandemic, and I pretty much felt like I…
6 Realistic Tips for Tackling Clutter Do you struggle with clutter? I’m willing to bet that most of us with kids and pets don’t have a home that looks like a magazine shoot all the time, even if we try to keep it clean. After all, clean and tidy aren’t always the same thing. Sometimes…
When Molly Ferrie started homeschooling her children a couple of years ago, she knew she wanted a dedicated homeschool room. Some moms (like me!) enjoy doing school in the living room piled up on the couch or even outside on a blanket in the yard on nice days. Some moms, though, dream of having a…
Are you in the process of figuring out how to juggle working from home and homeschooling? As active homeschooling moms who have also been working from home for the last 9 or 10 years, we (Wendy and Trish) know that it is not always easy! Being able to do it all from home can sound…
Homeschooling allows us to blend our resources, curriculum, and even instructional options! If you’re reading this article, I’ll bet that you have one (or more) children taking one (or more) online classes. Online classes can be great for a number of circumstances. Many homeschooling parents appreciate online instruction because it’s a portable means of consistent…
Ways to Creatively Repurpose Your Kids’ Arts and Crafts Projects It’s a commonly known fact that homeschool families have lots (and lots and lots…) of books around the house! But other than books, what else do we have lots of? Yep! Arts and crafts projects! Crafting, drawing, and painting are fantastic activities. Most of us…
One of the reasons I chose to homeschool was to allow my children to follow their individual interests and passions as well as to encourage them to grow in their strengths. We learned early that several of them excel at the fine arts. This is one of my weaknesses, except for dance, but I’ll leave…
So you’re making important plans for National Get Organized Week, right? At this moment you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of October 4-10 so you can spend every waking moment of that joyous week reorganizing jumbled closets and straightening those messy homeschooling materials. Oh, what a blissful week it is sure to be! Okay,…
Mom, meet your new best friend – Circle with Disney. Managing children’s online presence is getting more and more challenging. Most of us have a story about one of our kiddos stumbling onto a website that was inappropriate. And as our children mature, they are online more and more. The internet is the wild west frontier of…
For the first time in their lives two dozen recently rescued ducks get their first taste of life in a pond. Woodstock Farm Sanctuary had been trying to rescue these birds for over a year! They had been living for years with a hoarder who had them in pens without adequate access to water or…
