The following is a post by contributor Kara Anderson. "You are so lucky,” the woman said frowning. “My kids can barely be in a room together, and yours are best friends. “Do you think it’s because you homeschool?” Sure. She was seeing one of those adorable moments, when my son opened a …
How to ROCK the last few weeks of your homeschool year
The following is a post by Kara Anderson. In our family, we have tried many school year schedules. We’ve tried summers off, summers on, occasional month long breaks and once, a 6-week-on-one-week-off rotation that I never successfully kept track of, meaning that often it was more like 8.5 …
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What to consider when you’re considering a homeschool co-op
Written by Kara S. Anderson. Before my son was born, I’m not sure I had ever heard the word "co-op." It speaks to the weird loner-joiner vibe that can hit new mothers, I think, that by the time my son was 2, I was co-op-ing like nobody’s business. At one point my husband actually asked me: …
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Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6- and 9-year-old)
The following is a post by contributor Kara Anderson. A whole bunch of years ago, before I was a homeschool mom, I was a newspaper lady. And my absolute favorite part of the job was that no two days were ever the same. Some days were slow and easy. Some days, I found myself chasing down …
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Shutting down the homeschool fight (before it even starts)
Written by contributor Kara Anderson. We were invited to our new neighbors’ house for a backyard movie night – and I knew it was going to come up. Because we’re homeschoolers. And he’s a public school teacher. There was going to be that question – that “why?” that strikes fear in our …
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