You Don't Have to Finish Everything You Start ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins “Oh my gosh, science is terrible,” I whispered to my husband as we made dinner the other night. I’d just spent an hour helping our youngest kids build “model animal habitats” out of plastic baggies and straws, …
Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 20-, 17-, 14-, 13-, 10- & 7-year-old)
Melissa's homeschool day in the life ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins So… what do you do all day? It’s pretty much the question social media was invented for, isn’t it? It’s endlessly fascinating. I always want to know: What’s your morning routine? What are you reading? What did you eat …
Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 20-, 17-, 14-, 13-, 10- & 7-year-old)Read More
How we’re planning for the new year
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins This is the time of year when I like to reflect on the last year, notice what’s working (and what isn’t) right now, and start dreaming about the next year. But this year, that kind of planning feels a little bit… fraught? At this time last year, I had just …
Anxious, overwhelmed, or worn out? Start here.
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I am going to guess that this year has not been exactly what you expected, that it might not be your definition of a "simple homeschool." Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe you have a crystal ball, knew just what to expect, and are patiently waiting for the rest of us to …
3 ways to overcome back-to-school overwhelm
3 ways to overcome back-to-school overwhelm ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins This will be our family’s sixteenth year homeschooling. That is a sentence I can’t quite believe, but math and history tell me it is true. This year we’ll have two elementary schoolers, two high schoolers, one …