Written by Rozanne Dioso-Lopez of Tomfoolery and Shenanigans During a recent bedtime tuck-in, my daughter was restless. She was already tossing and turning before I turned off the light. I asked, “What’s up?" She said, “Mama, I can't sleep. I keep thinking of all the things to draw but I …
Archives for July 2015
Being outnumbered by babies and toddlers: The hardest part of Sarah’s homeschool year
Written by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things No one likes to be outnumbered. If you’re in a soccer match and the other team has more players on the field than you, it feels like defeat before you begin. I don’t just have more children than I do hands- I have more children than I do …
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Homeschooling an angry child: The hardest part of Jamie’s homeschool year
Homeschooling an Angry Child ~ Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool, with the permission of my angry child, who "hopes this story will help others" A note from Jamie: Find an update to this post, written five years later, here! The whining starts before breakfast. It rapidly escalates …
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7 tips for teaching active kids
Written by Alecia Baptiste. My children are now ages 11 through 19, and homeschooling has greatly changed for us over the years. I don't have babies or toddlers running around the house. Everyone is reading fluently and independently. Sometimes I forget how challenging homeschooling was in …
Working from home & homeschooling: The hardest part of Kara’s homeschool year
Written by Kara Anderson I was laid off from my job as a newspaper editor the day I turned nine months pregnant with my first child. I remember trying to carry my box of desk-junk and pilfered Swingline stapler out to my car. What the heck am I going to do now, I wondered. Months before, I …
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