3 Critical Life Skills for Homeschooled Teens ~ Written by Kari Patterson Sometimes we can focus so much on the scope and sequence of certain academic subjects and completely miss other critical life skills our teens desperately need to succeed in life. Recently I was reflecting on some of these …
4 Reasons to Ditch Multi-Tasking in Your Homeschool for Good
4 Reasons to Ditch Multi-Tasking in Your Homeschool for Good ~ Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane It was actually a diet book, more than 8 years ago, that helped me see "bad days" as helpful data. Of course objectivity is tricky in the moment, when tears are flowing or a conversation's …
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4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons
4 habits that help our homeschool thrive in busy seasons ~ Written by Kari Patterson After many years of slow homeschool days, limited activities, and just two kids, our season has certainly changed. I'm grateful for those years, but now with two teens we are in full-blown activity mode and …
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The Top 3 Ways to Deal with Homeschool Doubts
Top 3 Ways to Deal with Homeschool Doubts ~ Written by Kari Patterson My poor Dutch didn't know what hit him. An incoming Sophomore, Dutch was doing well in school, just back from an awesome cross-country road trip with his family, working a couple days a week doing yard-work for a nearby …
3 ways to make family vacations worthwhile
3 ways to make family vacations worthwhile ~ Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane As I type these words we're one-third the way through a 6-week, cross-country family road-trip, crossing 20 states and nearly 9,000 miles. Our 15-, 13-, 3-, and 1-year-old kids are loving the adventure so …