Written by contributor Heather Bruggeman of beauty that moves The last few months have been wild and crazy for our family. We're selling one house and moved to another during the height of the holiday season, my work has picked up almost overnight to a beyond full time pace, my father is in the …
Archives for February 2012
Stepping Out of the Silo: Collaborative Homeschooling for the Whole Family
Are you homeschooling in a silo? Maybe you're shouldering the full responsibility of homeschooling your child or maybe your family hasn’t found a homeschool community that works for you. It's easy to get stuck in rhythms that aren't quite right, but it's difficult to see what needs to change. We …
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Teaching Young Kids to Clean
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, …
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All You Need is Love
Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY Lately, I've found myself at another homeschooling crossroads. After finding a good groove for the elementary years I have a daughter transitioning to young adulthood. Change - ack! I also have a son with unique (and different from his older sister) …