Written by Kara Anderson Recently, someone referred to me as a “homeschool veteran.” I told my hair stylist about it and she responded with open-mouthed shock: “Girrrrl!” she said. “They were basically calling you old.” And then she tried some different things with my part and started …
Working from home & homeschooling: The hardest part of Kara’s homeschool year
Written by Kara Anderson I was laid off from my job as a newspaper editor the day I turned nine months pregnant with my first child. I remember trying to carry my box of desk-junk and pilfered Swingline stapler out to my car. What the heck am I going to do now, I wondered. Months before, I …
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Why we practice life skills summers
Written by Kara Anderson. It was a few years ago now that we had our very first life skills summer. And it all began really simply. I made each of my kids a morning checklist: Get dressed Brush teeth Brush hair Make bed My daughter was a pre-reader at the time, so we made her …
Why you need hygge, homeschool mom
Written by Kara Anderson. "The great motherhood friendships are the ones in which two women can admit (how difficult mothering is) quietly to each other over cups of tea at a table sticky with spilled apple juice and littered with markers without tops." ~ Anna Quindlen We gather on Tuesdays. Our …
Kara’s homeschool day in the life with a 7- & 10-year-old
Written by Kara Anderson. It’s a funny time of year for me to share with you a day in our homeschool life, because I feel a breeze of change this season -- it always seems like the holidays provide us with enough of a full stop that we can’t help but begin again a bit differently. And so, I’m …
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