Written by Amida of Journey Into Unschooling. A few years ago, I had the most horrible rash known to mankind. It started as a small, itchy patch that I took for bug bites. But then it grew bigger and other patches started popping up until my whole body was covered with it. I went to the …
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Why we practice life skills summers
Written by Kara Anderson. It was a few years ago now that we had our very first life skills summer. And it all began really simply. I made each of my kids a morning checklist: Get dressed Brush teeth Brush hair Make bed My daughter was a pre-reader at the time, so we made her …
Experimenting with paperless home organization
This post contains affiliate links, and when you purchase anything through them I earn a percentage at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of this site! Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom This bundle sale has ended, but you can still buy Mystie's book …
Conquering clutter for homeschoolers
Written by Amida of Journey into Unschooling. Chinese New Year is just around the corner and for me, it means a massive purge session. Something about the upcoming New Year always brings on the urge for me to clean, clean, clean. Out with the old and in with the -- well, hopefully, …
3 ways simplifying might save your sanity
The following is a post from contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane. I have this fantasy of fleeing into the far-off woods and living off-grid. In my (unrealistic) fantasy we live off the land with no iPhones, no trips to Costco, no internet, nothing. Whenever this dream crops up my …
