Navigating homeschooling with a sensitive child ~ Written by Kara Anderson I am so awkward with labels. When people ask me to describe our homeschooling style, I stumble though a soliloquy of words that probably sound half made-up. So when I say that I am homeschooling a “sensitive child,” …
Archives for July 2014
What do you do every day?
Written by Laura Grace Weldon. How do you answer this homeschooling question? What do you do every day? That’s what people wonder about homeschoolers. Sometimes they ask us point blank, “Okay you homeschool, but what do you DO every day?” It seems like a huge mystery to non-homeschoolers …
When you have no money for homeschool curriculum
Written by contributor Jamerrill Stewart of Free Homeschool Deals. I have shared the journey of my family living on one small income to accomplish our homeschooling dreams. It's what many families do, and they do it willingly for the joy and vision of being together as a family. It was during …
Our Little House on the Prairie road trip
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool 5 states - 2,200 miles - 2 adults - 3 kids - 1 minivan - 9 days - 3 Little House sites... ...and we lived to tell about it! Since we arrived back from our whirlwind tour of the Midwest a few weeks ago, I've been reliving our trip by posting photos …
Stress to the test
Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Before we left for this year’s homeschool convention, I thought it would be the “smart” thing to test my fourth-graders to make sure I wasn’t missing some major piece in their learning puzzle. If I was, I could research it at the convention. I paid …