This is the fourth article in my Homeschooling 101 series. If you missed the first three posts on Finding Your Why, Choosing Curriculum and the Nuts and Bolts of Organization, be sure to read those here, here, and here. Most homeschooling...
This is the third article in my Homeschooling 101 series. If you missed the first two posts on Finding Your Why and Choosing Curriculum, be sure to read those here and here. Cracking open the boxes of shiny new books is an exciting event in homeschool life. Even...
This is the second article in my Homeschooling 101 series. If you missed the first post on Finding Your Why, be sure to read it here. Today we are tackling one of biggest hurdles – finding the best curriculum for your family. I was a few years into...
If the ever-evolving corona landscape is making you consider homeschooling, you are not alone. I have had multiple people reach out to me in the past several weeks asking questions about homeschooling given the uncertainty of the coming school...
-Chad Monroe A few weeks ago, my family was surprised by an enormous swarm of bees at our house. They flocked by the hundreds just outside the back door off our patio. The noise was like a buzz saw, angry and ready for anything within its reach. Thankfully we were all...
I am in disbelief that I have been homeschooling for nine years. I still feel like the new kid on the block, but I guess that isn’t necessarily true anymore. However, like parenting, homeschooling is a plate of shifting sands – once you think you...
The world has changed. Over the last two months we have seen a response to a crisis unlike anything in modern history. Plagues, pestilence and disease are not new, but the response to this particular virus is unprecedented. While there...
I struggle with hard and fast rules. I realize this seems totally contrary to the title of this post and my overall personality. Left to its natural state my brain functions at two speeds: all or nothing. Either I let the school room...
“Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until these calamities be overpast.” Ps. 57:1 I called my ninety-one-year-old Ma-maw last night, who is from a generation of people...
Parenting has always given me a run for my money. I remember one of those “only one of us is going to make it out of this” days as a first time (and pregnant) mom of a determined two-year-old. I watched out the front door for the sight of my husband’s...
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