How to introduce your kids to Anne of Green Gables ~ Written by Jamie C. Martin of Simple Homeschool For someone over a century old, Anne Shirley certainly has been making headlines recently. The new Netflix series has thrust her into the limelight once again--and not without plenty of …
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A structured summer break for kids who crave routine
Written By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley of My Little Poppies. We are year-round homeschoolers. (Well, sort of.) I didn't set out to homeschool year-round. I wanted our summer days to be filled with watermelon and popsicles, sandy toes and cannonballs, shooting stars and …
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Read the World Summer Book Club 2017
Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool It never dawned on me when Give Your Child the World released that we'd find ourselves doing the Read the World Summer Book Club again this year--but here we are! Back by popular demand, it's the 2nd Annual Read the World Summer Book Club. Once again …
How to homeschool through the holidays (without going crazy)
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 …
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4 ways to encourage less complaining & more thanksgiving
Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane I can tell we've gotten off course when, as I tell my kids to do something, I am already inwardly preparing for their protest. I so wish it didn't happen, but I have a hunch we all face this at times, that inner irritation that comes from just a few too …
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