Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats One of the unique, albeit obvious, characteristics of homeschooling is that it takes place at home. Oh sure, there are co-ops and field trips and class days and carschooling, but often our educational style is home-based. …
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4 Ways to Simplify (Home) School Meals
Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats Over the last six weeks, I've been reevaluating our homeschool. At the turn of the year, I found myself more than ready for a do over. So, I set my sights on an extreme homeschool makeover. We've made some great progress. …
Teaching Young Kids to Clean
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A few weeks ago I confessed that the once-a-month cleaning system I had used for a while was no longer working for me. I mentioned that I wanted to find and implement a method that would allow my children (ages six, …
How to Feed The Kids (and Still Have A Life)
Contributor Amida writes for Journey Into Unschooling. One of my biggest challenges when it comes to homeschooling is not the schooling itself but the fact that we are always home -- and hungry. Because we are home the majority of the day, mealtime -- and hence meal prep -- takes up a huge …
Confessions of a Once a Month Cleaning Dropout
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Well, now. This is awkward. (Kidding--kind of.) You see, one day over nine months ago I had no idea what to write about for an upcoming post. Brilliant thoughts seemed scarce to come by, and I eventually decided to share …