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Your job is to say yes.

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Am I the only parent to whom the word “no” just seems to roll off the tongue? I don’t understand why, but my natural tendency is to say no first and think about yes later. This is sometimes legitimate–maybe I’m not sure [...]

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Back to Basics: Keeping School Simple

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: As we start to head into the holiday season, it’s good to remember how to scale back in our homeschool–how to remember the most important things and let go of the rest. This post originally published on November [...]

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

by Jessica

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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Wait for the right season.

by Jamie

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Seasons come and seasons go. I don’t know what the weather’s like in your neck of the woods, but we’re smack in the midst of a freak New England snowstorm. Snow–in October! Am I the only one who finds the change of [...]

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Do this today and change everything.

by Jamie

Ever have that nagging feeling that you’re just a day late and a dollar short–that you’re behind? Yep, me too, and I’m writing about it over on Steady Mom. Hope you’ll join me there! From my post: “A few days ago I sat down in the morning, per my usual routine, to make my daily [...]

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Teaching a Reluctant Learner

by Toni

I have a child who hates school. This is hard for me to admit because it feels like I failed. I failed my son, my family, and the homeschool community. The bottom line… ten years ago I tried to force a square peg into a round hole, and it didn’t work. Instead of focusing on [...]

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