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Planning For Next School Year

Although the boys and I are still completing the current school year, my thoughts have turned to what curriculum we’ll use in the fall. We plan to continue with most of what we are presently studying. However, we may look...

When Your Wife Wants to Throw in the Towel

A post for homeschooling dads. It happens about this time of year. I waffle. I fuss. I complain. I am overwhelmed. My house is a mess. The school year seems like it’s never going to end. And I can’t even...

My Child, the Perfectionist: part 2

My most recent post dealt with coping with perfectionism. Perfectionism has its good points, but unless you can control it, it can rapidly become paralyzing and debilitating. It is hard enough to deal with perfectionism as...

The Ultimate School Project

I have realized a sordid thing about homeschooling: I am not the student. As much as I hated public school growing up, it has been astonishing to me to realize how much there was to enjoy…about learning, about being the one...

Is My Little Guy Ready?

In a few short months, my youngest son will become Kindergarten age. Having already taken two other sons through this stage I assumed this transition would be a veritable snap. But because kids are all so different I began...

Quiet Activities for Preschoolers

Although one of the main benefits of homeschooling is the ability to give our preschoolers free time to explore their surroundings, there are times when we need our children to sit quietly so we can teach another child, visit...

How Do I Know What To Teach and When to Teach It?

One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to study what you want – when you want. On the other hand there are certain topics that do need to be covered. If you are new to homeschooling or just in panic mode...

Homeschooling for FREE or Nearly Free

Many of us have been downsized in a variety of ways. I’m the first to raise my hand. We’re living in an uncertain economy, jobs are being lost and pennies are being pinched. There are families’ questioning if they can...

More Than a Game

It seems that when we are young, we have lots of dreams and plans for our lives. As we get older, those dreams tend to fade, making way for our children’s dreams to become our aspirations for the future. I have a son whose...

A Letter to the Kids: Mommy Needs a Break

If you are a homeschooling mom who has reached that mid-year point of exhaustion while trying to maintain a heavy homeschooling schedule AND survive cabin fever, consider the letter below: To my deer children, Yore pour mother...