You’ve gathered the curriculum. You spent the summer (and let’s be honest, most of spring) comparing math programs, reviewing handwriting books, asking advice in every homeschool group you could find. You ordered the workbooks, labeled the notebooks, sharpened what felt like hundreds of pencils, and even dreamed up lovely family morning routines. Everything was ready…
I remember the year October tried to kill me: over-the-top excitement, hyped up intensity, and nonstop energy. The frenzied anticipation leading up to Halloween means that homeschooling can be challenging. Add in three birthdays within a span of 14 days and my kids tend to be rather unfocused. At my wits’ end I decided to…
You bravely pulled your child out of school, determined to give them the fresh start they need – only to find yourself recreating the same classroom experience at your own kitchen table. It’s so natural to fall back on the familiar: the desks, the schedules, the pile of workbooks. But what if doing more of…
Fall is finally here, and after a very hot summer, we are ready! In anticipation of the upcoming harvest and halloween celebrations, I have compiled these great books to read with your kids in October. From the full moon to pumpkins, and that old lady that seems to swallow everything in sight, these books…
The scenario is familiar to so many of us: “Go get your math so we can get started.” Ten minutes pass and there’s still no math, and possibly not even a kid. Socks are tossed across the room, a book beckons from the bedside, the LEGO pile has drawn them in. You remind (patiently, at…
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