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S.U.M.M.E.R. Time

I’m not sure who’s more excited about summer break–my children or me! Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy homeschooling, but by the end of May, I’m ready for a big break. I know most homeschooling moms can relate. Although the schoolwork will be ending soon for us, other important work needs to...

Spring for Homeschool Moms

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The traditions of springtime abound–spring cleaning, spring fever, spring break. We do them all to some degree at my house, usually more fever and break than cleaning, but after nine years of homeschooling, the biggest spring event for me is homeschool planning. It began many years ago in preparation for my state’s...

Press the Pause Button

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My days were starting to feel like a fast moving treadmill I couldn’t get off. From homeschool to housework to helping my husband, I felt scattered and pulled in every direction. The clutter was growing, the laundry was multiplying, our homeschool was dragging and my stress was mounting. I started each day feeling behind...

Beware the Lotus

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Our history read aloud for the day was from William Russell’s Classic Myths to Read Aloud. We were following the journey of Ulysses and his men on their return home after ten years at war with the Trojans. In this reading, they had just landed on an unknown shore and met a peaceful people that fed them a strange fruit...

Lists, Lists and More Lists!

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If you’re anything like me, your refrigerator has at least a couple of lists on it at any given moment. Right now, mine has the kids’ Christmas wish lists (which are WAY too long), a grocery list, several other shopping lists and a list of things to make for lunch. The lists don’t stop there either. A glance at my day...

Here and There

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There are many reasons homeschooling can overwhelm you. There are many reasons it has overwhelmed me. After eight years and six children, I thought I had it down. But when the work outgrew the time allotted in my day, my homeschool split the seams of my life wide open. To say I was overwhelmed was an understatement. Maybe...