Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley of My Little Poppies One of the biggest challenges when it comes to homeschooling multiple children is how to squeeze in that oh-so-precious one-on-one time. Amazing things happen when we invest individually into each of your children. Whenever I spend …
How to squeeze in one-on-one reading (and spread smiles)Read More
Written By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley of My Little Poppies. We are year-round homeschoolers. (Well, sort of.) I didn't set out to homeschool year-round. I wanted our summer days to be filled with watermelon and popsicles, sandy toes and cannonballs, shooting stars and …
A structured summer break for kids who crave routineRead More
Homeschool Burnout ~ Written by Caitlin Curley of My Little Poppies Sometimes you can feel the burnout coming on, just as you can tell your body is fighting a cold. "Uh-oh," you think to yourself, and then you quickly snap into prep mode. With this type of burnout, you have a little wiggle …
Homeschool burnout: 10 [easy] things to try when everything is hardRead More
Written by Cait Curley or My Little Poppies. I had grand plans to write about a typical homeschool day in our life. I was going to pick a random Monday or Friday and share our day from start to finish. But my husband was working last weekend and I decided to take the kids up north for a few …
Cait’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-, 7-, and 8-year-old)Read More
Written by Caitlin Curley of My Little Poppies From history to language arts, math to music, and everything in between, don't miss Cait's full list of games for every subject! A week before Christmas, my husband turned to me and asked, "So... have they been doing any math?"* I felt myself …
How to add more play to your homeschool (and not feel guilty)Read More
