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Written by Kara S. Anderson Lately it’s a lot easier to wake before my kids. You know that advice, to wake before your children? For years I tried, but I was an exhausted mom and they were tiny energy machines that napped, so it was hard to always get up before them. But now they are 12 and …

Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12- and 15-year-old)Read More

Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Here’s what you should know right up front: we have six kids, I work from home (I’m a writer, my first book-in-bookstores comes out later this year), my husband Dane works not-from-home, and we unschool. Our oldest daughter is away at college this year, so that …

Melissa’s unschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 11-, 12- and 15-year old)Read More

Written by Shawna Wingert of Not The Former Things I have to get one thing out of the way before I share our day. I am so glad it is not last year. After reading my 2018 day in the life post, I am stunned at how much our lives have changed. I am so very grateful to say for the …

Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 13- and 16-year-old)Read More

Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane I never dreamed I'd have prenatal and orthodontist appointments back-to-back, but sure enough, we have a decade-long gap between kids now, and I find myself navigating new terrain on every front, including homeschooling. Teaching language arts with a …

Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-month, 9- and 12-year old)Read More

Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. A note from Jamie: Welcome to our 9th annual Homeschool Day in the Life series! So happy to have you here, and so grateful for Kris kicking our series off with today's post: Are you ready for full transparency? I was dreading this …

Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 17-, 19- and 23-year-old )Read More