Encouragement

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It is time once again to get ready for a brand new school year. I know there are some moms out there who school all year round or may have already started, but there are still some ways you can get a fresh start today! At the traditional time of New Year a lot of…

Sometimes we reflect on our homeschool experience from last year, and we think “I don’t want to do that again- ever!” It may not even be that we want to give up homeschooling completely.  It’s just that we need a homeschool makeover. Sometimes all we need are a few small adjustments and we can get…

The life of a homeschool mom is full of fabulous things. It is SO super amazing and I would not trade it for anything. Yet, in it, there lies a very real danger. Have you heard of the example of what to do when the oxygen masks pops out mid flight? The cabin is losing…

I remember the day I decided that we should homeschool. My 3-year-old son had asked to learn how to read. After just a couple of weeks of some basic instruction in how to string together CVC words, he was pouring through BOB books. By the time he turned 4, he was reading everything in sight….

Close your eyes and imagine this scene for me.  You are standing in your kitchen. Dishes are piled high in the sink.  Crumbs are crunching underfoot. A stack of math books is on the counter, waiting to be graded. One child is crying over his grammar book. Another is sneaking outside instead of finishing her…

We’re all proud to be homeschoolers – as we should be. In fact, most of us probably agree that homeschooling is the ideal method for teaching our children. But on occasion, it seems that some of us fall into assuming a homeschooling “identity” that, if left unchecked, can take over our lives. The identity I’m…

Teaching several grades, learning styles, personality styles, and attention spans seems to be the reason most people ask, “HOW do you do it?!” I never really ‘understood’ the worry over this issue until now. My oldest will be in first-ish/second-ish grade and my second will be doing Kinder. Add in my 3-year-old and an 8-month-old,…

  My husband and I have moved quite a few times during our almost fifteen years of marriage (thirteen times, to be exact!).  Prior to most of those moves, I’ve dreamed of how much better things were going to be in the next house.  I’ll be more organized!  We’ll invite people over more often!  The…