The Best End-of-Year Homeschool Celebrations
Homeschooling can be exhausting, but end-of-year homeschool celebrations are the perfect way to honor a year of hard work and learning!
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5 Faith-Based Christmas Books for Kids
Celebrate the Christmas season with children’s books that convey the Christian roots of the holiday. These five faith-based Christmas books are the perfect place to celebrate the birth of Jesus!
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Rational Holiday Homeschooling
Christmas as a homeschooler can go awry if you run around, as nutty as fruitcakes, celebrating the fun right out of the season and of homeschooling. Take a more reasonable approach with this advice from Jennifer Cabrera.
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How to Celebrate Hobbit Day in Your Homeschool
Celebrate International Hobbit Day, which always lands on September 22, with these Tolkien-inspired ideas.
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How to Stay Sane During the First Month Back to School
It’s a new school year and the lazy days of summer are in the past! It’s time to gear up and achieve those goals you set for the academic calendar. Here are tips for staying on track without going nuts.
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Preventing the Summer Slide in Your Homeschool
Worried about the Summer Slide? Read some ideas to keep kids minds engaged through the Summer months to prevent that loss of learning!
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Cultivating a Love of Books with a Summer Reading Program
A summer reading program is a great way to cultivate a love of books at any age. Fill your free time with free reading and dive into great books together.
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Fun Summer Learning Ideas for Homeschoolers
If you are looking for fun ways to keep your kids busy and learning over the summer you’ll love these easy to do activity ideas.
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Homeschooling Through the Summer
If you want to add more flexibility to your homeschool, you’d love learning year round. Here are tips for homeschooling through the summer.
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Summer Homeschool Learning
Make homeschool curriculum planning a breeze with these tips and tricks from veteran homeschooling moms who have been planning for years!
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8 Hands-On Summer Learning Activities that Will Keep Your Kids Busy
Get ideas for hands-on summer learning activities that will keep your kids busy and learning during your summer homeschool break.
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8 Activities to Celebrate Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day with these fun activities for kids that encourage recycling and reducing the impact on our planet.
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Biographical Birthdays: Unit Studies of Famous People by Month
Let’s celebrate birthdays all year long by adding biographical unit studies in the months these famous people were born.
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10 Beautiful St. Patrick’s Day Books to Enjoy with Your Homeschoolers
My husband’s family is Irish, our children have Celtic names, and our youngest son was even born on Saint Patrick’s Day. While we celebrate our Irish heritage year-round, we always look forward to March, when we read these favorite St Patrick’s Day books.
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President’s Day or George Washington’s Birthday?
With the arrival of February, it’s time to brush up on everything you know about President’s Day! Or is it George Washington’s birthday? Perhaps it’s Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays combined? My Google Calendar calls it Presidents’ Day, but the national archives record it as George Washington’s Birthday only. What exactly are we celebrating here?
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5 Winter Nature Study Ideas
My top 5 winter nature study ideas to keep you active, learning, and having fun even in the cold wintry months – and some of my fave resources.
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Christmas Break Tasks for the Homeschool Mom
Want to be prepared for the new homeschool semester? Here are the Christmas break tasks every homeschool mom should tackle!
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Simple and Easy DIY Keepsake Ornament
This keepsake ornament is a simple and easy way to share favorite photos with your family and friends, or to display on your own Christmas tree.
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10 Winter Craft Ideas For Kids
Fun winter craft ideas for kids to keep them busy and learning on those cold winter days. Lots of ideas for your whole family to enjoy.
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8 Ideas for Homeschool Summer STEM
This list is just what you need to kick your summer into scientific overdrive! You’ll love having these handy STEM ideas right at your fingertips.
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How Homeschoolers Can Celebrate National Scavenger Hunt Day
Did you know there is a National Scavenger Hunt Day? May 24th is National Scavenger Hunt Day! Create or print your own hunt. Invite your homeschool friends!
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Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities for the Whole Family
This holiday season make it a priority to do some Thanksgiving crafts and activities with your kids to create cherished holiday memories!
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Simple and Easy Christmas Craft Ideas for Homeschoolers
Before you know it, Christmas will be here! This year, have some fun with these easy and simple Christmas craft ideas perfect for kids to make.
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10 Awesome Candy-free Halloween Treats
Looking for ways to eliminate sugar during the Halloween season? These candy free Halloween treats are perfect — loads of fun without the calories!
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Educational Ways to Celebrate Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day
July 10th is the official Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day, a whimsical celebration of our childhood stuffed toys, based on the popular children’s song. Round up your friends – real and stuffed – and use these ideas for an educational day of fun!
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10 Ways to Make National Ice Cream Day Educational
No matter how you like your ice cream–on a cone, in a bowl, or straight from the carton– National Ice Cream Day has found the perfect place in the middle of summer. So celebrate it! Share a scoop with your kids and take the fun further with these educational activities on summer’s second best holiday!
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5 Ways to Get Your Homeschool Kids Outside for National Get Outdoors Day
Are you raising children who appreciate and value nature? National Get Outdoors Day is a great excuse for getting the kids off the sofas and into nature. Check out these five ways to get your kids outside.
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Efficient and Easy Camping Tips for Homeschool Families
Camping doesn’t have to be a big hassle. Make it more efficient and easy with these camping tips!
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Explore The Meaning Of Easter Using Dramatic Play
There are so many Easter craft ideas and worksheets to be found online, but using dramatic play in learning can be a more effective (and fun!) way of teaching. I’ve put together some of my favorite ideas for using dramatic play to celebrate Easter, using puppets, role play and more.
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Homeschool Writing Prompts for February- Ideas to Inspire Young Writers
When we encourage our children to write, we not only help our kids practice an important skill, we offer them opportunities to connect with themselves and the people they love. Let February’s themes of love and friendship inspire young writers.
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25 Easy Random Acts of Kindness Ideas for Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving why don’t we work to give people something to be thankful about? Put the thanks in their Thanksgiving with random acts of kindness.
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8 Easy Ways for Homeschoolers to Avoid Holiday Overwhelm
Christmas can be a magical time. The decorations make our house look festive, there are often yummy smells in the air, our hearts are full as we contemplate giving to others, and our kids are on their best behavior. Well, they’re on their best behavior when they remember they should be. Unfortunately, Christmas can also be a stressful time. We have many extra demands on our time, there are multiple family commitments which make our weeks hectic, and we often feel like we have to maintain a frenetic pace to keep up.
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8 Advent Traditions You Should Adopt in Your Homeschool
Every family has very unique holiday and Advent traditions that are often passed down through multiple generations. Our family is very culturally diverse and we have adopted a great deal of them. We are one of those families that really goes all out. Every single year. We’ve been known to overwhelm and even scare some of our friends. With that in mind, I’d like to share some traditions we’ve adopted though the years, and hope you do too.
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7 Fun Ways To Celebrate Thanksgiving In Your Homeschool
Homeschooling during the holidays can be tough! There is so much excitement in the air with thoughts of family and good times to be had. Take the time to plan ahead and include fun ways to celebrate Thanksgiving in your homeschool. You will be so thankful that you thought ahead and found ways to engage your kids as you prepare for this holiday.
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May Is Latino Book Month! Books for Homeschoolers
May, according to the Association of American Publishers, is Latino Book Month! I am a Latina. My mother’s side of the family is Hispanic (Puerto Rican by birth and culturally Cuban), and even though I’ve always been a voracious reader, I have to be honest that I’ve been a little short on books written by Latina authors. So the researcher in me got to researchin’…
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10 Earth Day Challenges For Your Homeschool
Earth Day is a fantastic way to include important reminders in your homeschool about taking care of our environment. All subject areas can be addressed as you look at what Earth Day is and how to celebrate it. Along with educational lessons, you can spread the vital message to your children about taking steps to help the world we live in.
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Celebrating National Poetry Month In Your Homeschool
April is National Poetry Month! Poems, in their many styles and forms, are being celebrated all around the world. Have you considered incorporating the celebration of poetry into your homeschool?
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Easter Signs: The Easy Way to Make Your Easter Awesome
Easter time is my favorite time of year. It’s the best time for new things, growth, and improvement. What better way to enjoy springtime than by learning new Easter signs in sign language? You’re right, there’s not much better. Sitting around the dinner table is my kids’ favorite time to ask me how to sign some new word they just thought of.
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Get Your Irish On: St. Patrick’s Day for Homeschoolers
St. Patrick’s Day…the one day of the year when EVERYONE can be a wee bit Irish. Join us for a massive linkup of resources that celebrate the missionary Saint Patrick and Ireland.
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10 Homeschool Holiday Traditions
As we progress through our 4th year of homeschooling, we are excited to continue (and add!) to our homeschool holiday traditions. Some activities have shifted from family holiday traditions into our homeschool day. Other customs have developed as we learn and grow together during the holidays. I love incorporating special times like holidays into our homeschool. By adding hands-on and creative learning activities and games, I am able to help my boys channel their pre-holiday excitement into positive learning opportunities. Also, I get much better cooperation and engagement when I mix in holiday themes with our typical homeschool routine.
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4 Steps for Low(er)-Stress Holidays with a Child with Sensory Issues
The holidays are a busy time, and there are lights, gifts, music, and crowds everywhere. It’s overwhelming for almost everyone, but for a child with sensory processing challenges, it’s a nightmare. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to make the holidays easier on yourself and your sensitive child.
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