home maintenance & management

home maintenance & management

4 Ways to Simplify (Home) School Meals

by Jessica
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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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Teaching Young Kids to Clean

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A few weeks ago I confessed that the once-a-month cleaning system I had used for a while was no longer working for me. I mentioned that I wanted to find and implement a method that would allow my children (ages six, seven, [...]

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How to Feed The Kids (and Still Have A Life)

by Amida
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Contributor Amida writes for Journey Into Unschooling. One of my biggest challenges when it comes to homeschooling is not the schooling itself but the fact that we are always home — and hungry.  Because we are home the majority of the day, mealtime — and hence meal prep — takes up a huge amount of [...]

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Confessions of a Once a Month Cleaning Dropout

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Well, now. This is awkward. (Kidding–kind of.) You see, one day over nine months ago I had no idea what to write about for an upcoming post. Brilliant thoughts seemed scarce to come by, and I eventually decided to share how I cleaned my [...]

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Summer School: A Time for Skills Training

by Kris
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Written by contributor Kris of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers Summer. A time for swimming, sleeping in, watching a little more TV, reading a few more books, cook-outs and family vacations. In short, summer typically offers a more relaxed schedule and a little more free time. Even if you school year ’round, chances are your summer schedule [...]

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Menu Planning, Make Ahead Meals & the Busy Homeschool

by Jessica
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Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats If I had a maid, a chauffeur, and private chef, homeschooling would be a piece of cake. Ok, maybe I exaggerate a little. We know that even the best laid lesson plans sometimes meet with reluctant learners. But what can break a [...]

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