Homeschool life is hard. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. I felt it the second I woke up, that unmistakable sense of dread. I stumbled into the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror, shocked at the haunted eyes that met my gaze. What went...
Learning how to simplify your homeschool will simplify your life! When I first started homeschooling, I purchased a boxed curriculum. To say I was unsure of my ability to homeschool was an understatement. As an overachiever and recovering perfectionist, I remember...
Adding margin to your day can dramatically change the way you homeschool – and parent. Why on earth would a homeschooling mom get up early to pack lunches? That’s what I asked my good friend when she mentioned that she packs her kids a lunch every morning...
Moms of multiple children know that sibling fighting while homeschooling can make or break the day. Here’s what worked to curb that in our homeschool. “Mom, she’s hitting me again!” “It’s not my fault! She took the anatomy textbook again. I need it so I can...
Even the most dedicated homeschoolers will have seasons when things begin to feel too routine. Dull. Lacking joy. It isn’t necessarily a sign that you need to change all of your curriculum or even abandon homeschooling. What it might mean is that you need to make some...
As I type our homeschool year is coming to an end. We started the year with a new language arts curriculum I loved and an overhaul to our plans for math. We are ending the year with maybe half the language arts material completed and some major math gains but not in...
