Homeschool Methods | Heart of the Matter

Summer School

Some homeschooling families choose to school year-round, while others follow the “summers off” schedule to which their local public school district adheres. Right now, we are taking summers off, though that may...

Ownership vs Relationship?

How do we strike a balance between maintaining relationship and giving our kids ownership of their work? When I first heard about homeschooling after becoming a parent, I kept hearing that homeschooling is about relationship. To...

What Kind of Homeschooler are You?

“What kind of homeschooler are you?” If I’ve heard that question once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. And a thousand times I have struggled with the answer. If you are like me you have always found that...

How Do You Stay Ahead of Your Children?

It finally happened. I knew when we started this homeschool journey three years ago that it would come soon enough. The boy has passed me in math. Yes, I took algebra and geometry – 25+ years ago. We started Algebra 1 last...

Organizing Your Way

There are so many wonderful organization tools available today that it is really hard to pick one method that suits your every need. This has become especially true when it comes to Homeschooling. Not only does every family need...

Forever Fidgeting

Do you have fidgeters in your family? These are the children the grandmas like to refer to as having ants in their pants. A fidgeting child can give you the feeling you are sitting in a vibrating massage chair when they sit and...

One Mind to Another…

Do you have a love/hate relationship with curriculum fairs and homeschool conventions? It’s that time of year, when the annual conventions take place and so do those HUGE curriculum fairs! As homeschoolers these days,...

A Chosen Path

When mothers first began homeschooling their children there were few if any options. Each mother had to do extensive research. They had to not only find information to share with their children, they had to figure out just how to...

Montessori in our Home

All four of our children (9, 7, 4, and almost 3) are at home- learning, loving, sharing and experiencing life together. It wasn’t always this way. We were not a family that decided to homeschool our children right from the...

Leaving Behind Conventions

The other day it was such an unusually warm day that while we were out for a walk in the afternoon; we turned toward the school and decided to enjoy the playground. When we arrived, there was an afterschool program there which...