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Once a public high school teacher, Jessica now homeschools her six children, covering preschool through 8th grade. When she's not changing diapers, washing mountains of laundry, or chasing down the wayward math student who's steathily playing video games in the closet, she shares parenting and homekeeping tips on Life as MOM as well as "delicious ways to act your wage" at Good Cheap Eats.

curriculum

Reading, writing, & ‘rithmetic for 6 kids (2012 curriculum fair)

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom Ages of my children: 14, 11, 9, 7, 5, and 3 Educational Philosophies I Pull From: Classical, Charlotte Mason, Literature-Based Back in January, I realized that we were in the doldrums as far as school was concerned. I really wanted to put some wind back in our sails, so I spent some [...]

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home maintenance & management

4 Ways to Simplify (Home) School Meals

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats Over the last six weeks, I’ve been reevaluating our homeschool. At the turn of the year, I found myself more than ready for a do over. So, I set my sights on an extreme homeschool makeover. We’ve made some great progress. It took a little [...]

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organization

Jessica’s Day in the Life (with a 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, & 14-year old)

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats Parenting and homeschooling six children has been, by far, the wildest ride of my life yet. The month of January was a particular roller coaster-ish one. When Jamie mentioned that we were sharing our “day in the life,” I inwardly cringed. I would have loved [...]

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inspiration

Today is a New Day

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats I love the line in Chicken Little when he pulls himself up by the proverbial bootstraps and sets out to be a changed man, er, chicken. He’s had setbacks. He’s faced disappointments. He’s been fearful. Yet, he declares with confidence, “Today is [...]

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inspiration

3 Things to Do When Plans Don’t Follow the Plan

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats. I‘m a fairly academically-minded homeschooler. It could be the former public school teacher in me. It could be my big head. But I like to know that my kids are making progress through their curriculum. I like to know that they score at or above [...]

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a mom's education

Jessica’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake

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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats I have a big head. Seriously. I have a bigger hat size than my husband. We call it “the Getskow head” after my maiden name. Some of my kids have the Getskow head. Others don’t. We laugh good-naturedly when the seven year old wears a [...]

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