What your homeschooler REALLY needs to know ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins A Note from Jamie: This is Melissa's final post here on Simple Homeschool. She has been writing in this space since 2014 - read her very first post here! I've been so inspired by her perspective, her approach to …
The most important thing to do before summer ends
The most important thing to do before summer ends ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I want to tell you a secret: there hasn’t been much space in my brain lately. The reasons for that are both super involved and kind of boring, so I won’t trouble you with them. The reason I mention it at all …
3 friendship lessons to teach your kids
3 Friendship lessons to teach your kids ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins If, way back when we first started homeschooling, I’d made a list of things my kids would learn, it probably would have included the obvious: Math. Reading. Writing. History. Science. I might even have included Life …
How to introduce Shakespeare in your homeschool
How to introduce Shakespeare in your homeschool ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Fun fact: the people in my household have a whole variety of opinions about Shakespeare. Some of my kids love reading Shakespeare’s plays. (One of our teenagers has a goal of reading them all before the end of …
Melissa’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 9-, 12-, 15-, and 16-year-old)
Melissa's homeschool day in the life (with an 9-, 12-, 15- & 16-year-old) ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins When my oldest kids were little, I used to read day-in-the-life posts like these feeling equal parts excited to find great new ideas to try, and totally inadequate comparing my days to …
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