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September has come and gone, which means we are used to the yellow school bus coming and going, we are used to getting up earlier, and we are in our own school rhythm in our house. Note: This post contains affiliate links. Here in New York it also means that apples are ripe for picking,…
Autumn is the best time to get outside because the heat of the sun has dissipated and the frost of winter has not yet arrived. God lays out these days perfectly to present nature as inspirations for learning. Taking a nature walk is an ideal way to bring yourself and your children closer to the…
Did you know that HHM already gets hundreds of pageviews every day on our Field Trips page, listed by city and state? Well, we’re cleaning up on the site, and decided to open up the Field Trips page to our blogger friends! Who else would know field trip ideas than other homeschool moms?!? And that’s why we need…
We are so excited to partner with Space Center Houston for their annual Homeschool Day! Welcome Houston Space Center attendees (and all the Moms that wish we could have attended)! We hope you had a blast at Homeschool Day and that this field trip was able to stir your children’s imaginations, that it stimulated their curiosity about Astronomy,…
Sometimes we need 100 reasons to get us through the day! Here they are!!! 1. Jammies can be the uniform. 2. Class reunion? Family reunion? It’s both! How’s that for two birds with one stone? 3. Choosing what you teach. 4. Choosing when you teach. 5. Choosing how you teach. 6. Teaching differently for each…
Welcome back to another week of the Hip Homeschool Hop! This week, we are featuring language arts posts that have been linked up over the past few months. From notebooking to literature studies to the “how to’s” of teaching your child how to read, we’re sharing some of our favorite posts for incorporating language arts…
Ever since I was a child, I have always called the fall harvest season my “very favorite.” I have very nostalgic memories of my grandmother reading books to me and taking me on long walks. I have many memories of listening to her read to me on her porch swing through the rustling of the…
We’re just starting our third year of homeschooling, so I’m still very much in the gee-I-really-hope-I-know-what-I’m-doing phase. I have found that I keep having these mini-epiphanies about my own education and applying them to my students. Today I’m sharing 3 lessons every homeschooling mama needs to learn. 1. Teach the child you have. Sometimes my ideas…
Welcome to the Hip Homeschool Hop! Favs from last week: Did you see these posts? We loved them! Here’s a few of our favorites from last week: Team Member Demetria loved Apple Pie Play Dough and Fun Fall Books. She said, “I love the instructions for the “Apple Pie Play Dough” post. It looks fairly…
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One of the things I love the best about homeschooling is that each homeschool parent can adjust the curriculum and methods she uses to fit her own family. My second favorite thing is that our homeschool classrooms (or other homeschool spaces and places) are flexible too! We can homeschool in the kitchen, on the sofa,…
Ever have a parent or teacher ask you why you’re not using a journal to help you improve your writing? And have you ever wondered what the fuss is all about, especially when you don’t like to write in the first place? When I was in middle school, I had all sorts of strange thoughts…
