Written by Kara S. Anderson There are many things that I wish had known when I started homeschooling. I was so excited, but so confused. I felt like I had to pick a philosophy and stick with it, even if parts of it didn’t work. I felt like I had to start in pre-school, and I put a ton of …
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To the mamas of high school seniors-to-be
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins T his fall, my youngest daughter will be kindergarten-aged and my oldest daughter will be a freshman in college. When I say “freshman in college” I mean “that thing where she moves away to live in a dorm and does not come home until maybe Thanksgiving.” What on …
What does ‘homeschool success’ look like?
Written by Shawna Wingert of Not The Former Things When we first started homeschooling, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what we needed to do in order to be successful. The summer before we began, I talked incessantly about focusing on my boys' interests and creating project-based …
3 ways to maximize summer learning without doing school
Written by Kari Patterson. "Note to self: By mid-May you are just so done." This is a memo I left to myself, last year around this time, when I was army-crawling across the finish-line of school, joylessly trudging through the final obligatory lessons. See, when the sun comes out and the …
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Why we waited more than 10 years for extracurriculars
Why we waited more than 10 years for extracurriculars ~ Written by Jamie C. Martin of Simple Homeschool Once upon a time I begged my parents to let me take dance lessons. I had learned to play the viola through school since the age of 11, but these would be my first private lessons. I knew the …
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