Written by Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool This post is part one in a three part series about cleaning. You can find the second post here and the third here! Late last year, I thought I had it made when I booked a local company to clean my house once a month. Any homeschooling …
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Lessons from a Life Skills Day
Written by contributor Kris of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers Housework and homeschooling. Those two words don’t always go well together. While my family does employ a chore chart that has served us for many years, there are also weeks when we’re so busy all we have time to do is “dump and …
5 Easy Ways You Can Simplify in Under 30 Minutes
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Without a doubt, the simple life has a lot going for it. In theory. But when you're a homeschooling parent, you may not have extra hours to devote to the cause. Let's face it--sometimes we don't have the time …
Working at Home & Homeschooling: 7 Life Lessons from a WAHM
Written by contributor Hillary Boucher of infinitely learning When my husband and I set out to homeschool our three children while running two home-based businesses we had no idea what we were getting into. We knew we would love the flexibility, the sense of control and the bonus family time, but …
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There’s No Substitute
Written by contributor Lora Lynn of Vitafamiliae. One of the beauties of homeschooling is the flexibility it offers when life throws us curve balls. We can punt school for a few days in the name of "learning life's lessons" and then get back on track when we've recovered from our …