Written by Kara S. Anderson. For three years I had been wondering about joining a particular local weekly homeschool co-op. And, then, last winter, I got my sign -- they were offering a Waldorf preschool class, taught by a trained Waldorf teacher. We try to be Waldorfy, I thought, as I …
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5 ways to manage home and school
Written by Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats Ours is a busy household. As you can imagine, with eight people, the sheer volume of dishes, laundry, and stuff to manage is fairly high, at least twice that of the "average" home. Coupled with homeschooling and being home-based in the …
How to build a strong foundation for your child
Written by contributor Jena of Yarns of the Heart We have only one chance with our children. They will only be toddlers once. Thank goodness! And they will only be seven years old once, ten years old once, fourteen years old once, and then they will be out the door. They come back once in a …
How to deal with the winter homeschool blues
Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Winter doldrums. Winter Blues. Cabin fever. I was not going to write about this seasonal phenomenon because I've seen it mentioned on several other blogs recently. It's been covered, right? But I've been feeling a …
Teaching a reluctant learner
Written by Toni Anderson of The Happy Housewife I have a child who hates school. This is hard for me to admit because it feels like I failed. I failed my son, my family, and the homeschool community. The bottom line... ten years ago I tried to force a square peg into a round hole, and it …