It all feels so official sometimes: I'm homeschooling three children. Surely I need a teacher's lesson planning book, the kind I used to see in the classroom, right? They look so professional, after all. Yet the longer I'm at this gig, the less I seem to plan and the more our days seem to …
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Homeschool & live happily ever after (or not)
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom "My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy." ~William Shakespeare I cried. At least once a day. For years. No, I wasn't suffering from depression. Nor did I have a chronic eye watering …
Create your own Little House unit study
This post contains affiliate links. Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool We are currently inhaling all things Little House, in preparation for our upcoming site tour this summer. Every day we learn something new about Laura and the Ingalls family, and for this homeschooling mama it's a …
Uncovering my own pride and prejudice
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom “There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," …
How to homeschool: Links to help you get started
Written by Jamie C. Martin of Simple Homeschool I was CLUELESS about homeschooling years ago. It seemed like something "strange" people did with their kids. My, my--how life has changed. But even after I decided to give homeschooling a try--it was kind of tough to figure out HOW. I felt as …