I Quit Homeschooling Once ~ Written by Kara S. Anderson A note from Jamie: After writing here on Simple Homeschool for several years, Kara has decided to step down to focus on her health this year. I know so many of us have been blessed by her comforting voice, so I wanted to share this …
Maybe Scrooge was just tired: A guide to a more peaceful Christmas
Written by Kara S. Anderson As I write this, I still haven’t made the cranberry bread. It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and for the first time in probably a decade, we didn’t make the cranberry bread. Usually we make multiple loaves, and give it to family and friends. But this year, …
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Why cleaning is different when you homeschool
Written by Kara S. Anderson It was June. A hot June, and I had committed myself to a 40-day cleaning program. And so I lugged the vacuum cleaner up and down the stairs, sweating profusely, swearing almost as profusely, wondering why I had decided to deep clean my house during one of the …
Prioritizing mental health in your homeschool this year
Prioritizing mental health in your homeschool this year ~ Written by Kara S. Anderson I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this year, it’s more important than ever to prioritize mental health in our homeschools. As I write this at the tail-end of July, already I am getting frantic …
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How World War II fiction is helping me navigate this pandemic
Written by Kara S. Anderson When I was a little kid, I used to read in closets. Mostly Nancy Drew. My mother worried, but of course no one talked about introverts much back then. It was years before Jamie’s book and community would be born. So I read in closets, and my mother fretted, but she …
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