Quick tips, ideas, and homeschool hacks.
How to Choose an Effective Reading Curriculum Your child is ready to read, but how do you choose an effective reading curriculum. The first thing you need to do is to decide how you’re going to teach them to read. Deciding on an Effective Reading Curriculum If you are very creative and have time on …
One Way to Know Your Child is Ready to Read Often we hear parents bragging about how their 3-year-old was ready to read and began reading full novels at three and a half. Not really, but it feels like that’s what they’re saying when you have an older child that’s not ready to read. And, …
Teaching homeschool science without curriculum isn’t difficult. You just need to pick one specimen you have access to or topic from the world around you and dig in. During the different times of the year, you’ll see lots of different insects and critters come out of the woodwork (especially on a farm). One of the …
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Homeschool Curriculum Bundles Add Variety and Fill Gaps Homeschool curriculum bundles add variety to your homeschool and fill in education gaps. Whether we’re public school parents or homeschool parents, we all worry about our children getting bored with learning and/or having gaps in their education. Children are all different and they learn differently, so a …
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday Deals 2019 I love to see all the Black Friday deal emails fill my inbox said no one ever. We only want to see what we want to see, right? YES. But unless we open those emails we don’t know if it’s something we want to see. It’s a vicious, vicious …
Tips for a Successful Read Aloud Time Having some tips for a successful read aloud time will make it so much more enjoyable for you and your kids. I wish I’d had these when we started, so I hope they help you too. I didn’t read aloud to my kids for long time. …
Homeschool Art Classes with Beyond the Stick Figure I’ve always wanted to add homeschool art classes to our homeschool portfolio. Every year I make an attempt to compile an art curriculum my kids will be interested in and pretty much fail. It’s been a struggle until this year. This year, I’ve found an artistic treasure! …
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Our Favorite Free Homeschool Curriculum Choices I explore free homeschool curriculum choices every year to try to offset some of our homeschooling costs. Here are some we’ve found work well for our large family, as well as some others that could work well for yours. A lot of prospective homeschool parents think they must spend …
7 Tips for Successfully Working Life Around Homeschool When I first began homeschooling I thought we needed a textbook for every subject, lots of worksheets, and enough busy work to fill several hours. I thought we either needed to be working life around homeschool or homeschool around life. I soon learned that doesn’t have to …
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When Your Family is Anti-Homeschooling If you homeschool or are thinking about homeschooling you need to be ready. Not everyone you meet will agree with your decision to homeschool and some will be so anti-homeschooling they’re downright hateful. However, most hurtful comments will come when your family is anti-homeschooling. When you’re approached by anyone that …
Reasons NOT to Homeschool There are many reasons why you should homeschool, but what about the reasons NOT to homeschool. Here are some valid reasons you should not homeschool. Reasons You Should Not Homeschool Your Children If you don’t like spending a lot of time with your children. Homeschool requires many, many hours of being …
Homeschooling While Pregnant — The Survival Guide There are many challenges we face as homeschooling moms, but none so overwhelmingly daunting as homeschooling while pregnant. The morning sickness, fatigue, housework, meal planning, homeschool lessons, and, many times, care of young children can leave us wondering, “How in the world am I going to do this?” …
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Don’t Fall Into the Homeschool Comparison Trap The one thing that will kill your homeschool spirit? Falling into the homeschool comparison trap. There are some things you can do when you feel you’re comparing your homeschool to everyone else’s. We’ve all done it. We’ve all compared our homeschool to someone else’s homeschool. And what …
5 Ways to Stop Homeschool Doubt Homeschool doubt happens to all of us homeschool moms at one time or another. For different reasons, we all start to doubt our abilities to teach our children from time to time. Here are five ways I stop homeschool doubt in its tracks. #1 Don’t Overschedule We as parents, …
My Biggest Homeschool Mistake When I started homeschooling I had so many ideas. I wanted to go on so many adventures with my kids. The future was filled with so much promise. I never knew I was about to make the biggest homeschool mistake I could’ve ever made. The feeling of adventure and promise …
10 Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids We’re always short on time. So, I like crafts to be quick and easy and these 10 Easy Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids are some of the best ones I’ve found. I’m that mom… You know, the one that waits until the night before Valentine’s Day and panics …
Valentine’s Day Craft for Preschoolers Need a quick Valentine’s Day craft for preschoolers? Here’s a fun keepsake Valentine’s Day craft that won’t require much cleanup. I like holiday crafts that allow you to look back years later and reminisce about how little your children were. So, when I created this fun printable I knew …
5 Things Kids Can Learn from Crochet You might be asking yourself what kinds of things can my child learn from crochet? Isn’t it just some yarn and a hook? Why would I want to include it in my homeschool curriculum beyond craft time? Wait, isn’t crochet just for grandma’s anyway? Hi! This is Lisa …
Best Educational Toys for Kids – Ages Five to Eight The best educational toys for kids are the ones kids can really have fun with. As a parent, I want my kids to have fun, but I also would like to develop a love of learning too. Educational toys for kids make that happen and …
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Best Learning Toys for Babies The best learning toys for babies are sensory toys because they appeal to each of the five senses and help with brain development. Most of these learning toys are ones we currently have or have had in the past. Some of the toys I’ve listed my children have never …
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