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Renee is a creative homemaker and homeschooling mama of three. She loves to write, take pretty photos, and be in nature with her family. Her mission is to nourish, encourage, and teach; build relationship and create beauty. FIMBY is where she tells that story. Drawing from her years of experience and training, Renee also offers individual and personalized Homeschool Coaching.

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Renee’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 9, 10 & 12-year-old)

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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY The months of November and December were a planned homeschool break for us due to moving, celebrating birthdays and Christmas. We returned to our “in session” homeschool lessons and practice the Monday after New Year’s. On that day I recorded an actual homeschool day in the life. The [...]

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Keeping This Season Simple. Really.

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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. For several weeks now, and even months in some cases, bloggers have been posting about preparing for a simpler holiday. Tsh has a countdown series, Plan Your Peaceful Christmas and fellow contributor Jessica (from Life as Mom) also offers a free Simpler Season planning resource. I haven’t done [...]

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a mom's education

Renee’s Biggest Homeschool Mistake: Giving In To Fear

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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY When Jamie proposed this series to us a couple months ago I was stumped for a topic. Not because I haven’t made mistakes. Of course I have. I just don’t look at life that way – looking back to mistakes, wishing or wondering if I should have done [...]

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organization

Getting Organized for the Upcoming Year

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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. Many of us are starting a new school year this September even though we aren’t catching the bus to do so. Our family homeschools year round. For an excellent article on different ways to structure your school year I recommend Toni’s post Creating a Homeschool Schedule. For record keeping [...]

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methods & philosophies

4 Simple Methods for Teaching Elementary Science

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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. This past spring all of us here at Simple Homeschool shared our curriculum choices. In my contribution to that series I talked about the curriculum we’ve used so far for elementary reading, writing, and math. But of course there is a lot more to our homeschool routine than [...]

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field trips

Lessons Learned While Camping

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Written by monthly contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. A note from Jamie: This post first published on June 11, 2010. With many of us gearing up to make smores and set up tents at some point over the summer, it seems like a good time to revisit these thoughts from Renee. Summer is a great [...]

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