Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
One simple trick for dealing with homeschool doubts ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins You know how we homeschool mamas are full of wisdom and confidence at all times? How we always know the best path, and always have a plan, and always know where this thing is headed? You know? Hold on, I’m …
One simple trick for dealing with homeschool doubtsRead More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I always feel a little nervous sitting down to write these day-in-the-life posts. I’m never sure which parts of our day you’ll want to hear about! And will you wonder why my three-year-old is changing into her fourth outfit since breakfast? Because I do not have an …
Melissa’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 3-, 6-,9-,10-,13-, and 16-year-old)Read More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins There’s a question that comes up for me every holiday season. It’s one of those important philosophical questions, right up there with, “What is the meaning of life?” and “Who moved my cheese?” It’s this: How, when you are already a busy homeschooling parent, do …
How to homeschool through the holidays (without going crazy)Read More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins. For a long time, we didn’t really mark the changing seasons in our family. Without a traditional school calendar to follow, or any obvious signs in nature (we live in Southern California—it’s pretty much all sun, all the time), our days looked more or less the …
How we change with the seasons—without a school calendarRead More
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins The smell of freshly sharpened pencils is the scent of possibility. I stand by that. A sheaf of blank paper, piles of sticky notes: these are the things dreams are made of. Doesn’t everyone love school supplies? (Please say yes.) I am keeping an eye out for new …
