How to host a Nature Day
…to a friends’ house, building forts from limbs and twigs, climbing trees, planting gardens, holding still and silent watching the deer creep by. These days, though, it seemed you had…
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Homeschooling and homesteading
…with my best friend, raise pigs for show, and have a house filled with pets. Fast-forward thirty-some years and most of that dream has come true. I live with my…
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Make dinnertimes easier this school year
…business. Did you see the or’s? I simply cannot do them all, all the time. When school lessons are going great, the house is often a mess. When I am…
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3 Ways You’re Always Homeschooling (Even When You Don’t Think You Are)
…them. I long for deep, meaningful conversations. They don’t need to happen at dinner either. When they were little, I remember them asking where money came from. Recently, my middle…
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Debbie’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 13- and 14-year-old)
…Somehow my body has this uncanny knack of waking me just before my alarm goes off, which allows the rest of the house to stay sleeping. It’s still pitch-black outside…
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Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8- & 11-year-old)
…it’s like if you give a mouse a cookie — I suddenly want to spend the day cleaning my house. But no. Homeschool!! I look at my calendar. Having a…
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The 3 step guide to managing your time as a homeschooling mom
…managing your time as a homeschooling mom: Step 1: Inventory Taking inventory of my time is something I have learned from the financial side of managing our household budget. The…
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Art for the Homeschool Mom
…to choose from, but one of our favorites is the You ARE An Artist Complete Clubhouse Membership. With my children’s vast array of interests, from history to animals to mythical…
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5 things that are finally working
…knows better than Mark Twain: a spoonful of music makes the frog go down. Create a chore/lesson plan system that really works. With juggling homeschool, household, writing, speaking, blogging and…
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What can you do with a basket of sight words?
…to another. Sometimes they work on the sentences together, sometimes they try to out-do each other with their own individual sentences, each one getting funnier and funnier. Around the House…
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The power of play
…and hands-on, and maybe arty or science-y (and usually a little messy). And all have reminded me of what can be learned through play and time and space. The Power…
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Inspiring gifts from Amazon for kids ages 2-16
…dominoes is always watching them fall, and now even your preschooler can have the fun of creating shapes, colors, and patterns with these! Create-Your-Own Playhouse Castle Age Range: 2-5 years…
