10 morning routines to get your homeschooled kids up and moving
…school with focus. 2. Breakfast and chores If you’re like me and clutter drives you batty, beginning the day with breakfast and household chores may prove to be the perfect…
…school with focus. 2. Breakfast and chores If you’re like me and clutter drives you batty, beginning the day with breakfast and household chores may prove to be the perfect…
…independent teens. My day starts by 8 a.m. most of the time. I get up and spend a little time with Brianna, age 20, before she heads out the door…
…it’s time for what my kids call sections–I can’t really remember how it got this name, but don’t try to call it anything else in our house or the kids…
…learning happens outside of the house. Cloud computing means you can work at the park, during a violin lesson, or at swim class. Check out great tools like Google Apps,…
…my house once a month. I mentioned that “it’s amazing how a tidy, uncluttered house can fool people into thinking it’s clean.” In a followup post, I actually shared before…
…to enforce our household rules. I wanted my cleaning method to lessen stress, not add to it. 3. Introduction, Not Efficiency I reminded myself that I wanted to slowly introduce…
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…need to say to my HOUSE right now. Maybe it’s just trying to get my attention. What’s up with all the appliance drama, house? TELL ME MORE. (It hasn’t answered…
…away of some cereal bowls on the counter, but paid little attention. (A few dirty dishes aren’t exactly out-of-the-ordinary around here.) Suddenly, something flopped out of a bowl and splashed…
…(& potential solutions) 1. You may feel drained from being around people all day. Your children are people. People who live in your house. People who, if you choose to…
…of the house – I will take the time to do that. However, there have been times when I’ve had to say, “They’ll be there in the morning.” And I…
…our house, we have book basket time: 30 minutes of silent reading time to let everyone rest and recharge, and learn something. (Mom has a book basket, too.) We also…
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