Weekend links

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How can you say no to kisses from your brothers?!

• Beyond “I’m sorry”: Teaching empathy through…empathy :: From contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane
• When your homeschooling style looks different :: Real Life at Home
• No books, no classes, no problem. These students teach themselves :: TakePart
• When people ask how my unschooled kid will get into college :: Where’s Amanda
• Have the hard conversations :: My post this week on Steady Mom

My recommendations this week:

We’ve had one of these cloth calendars hanging on our wall for so many years it’s become nostalgic to me. I’m pretty sure I’ll cry when we take it down–and now that the kids are getting older that time will be soon!

I bought a dear friend a few of these BabyLit books as a baby shower gift and they are gorgeous. Impossible to look at without smiling–perfect for Mama & Baby!

(And no, these aren’t necessary to “teach” baby, but just because mamas should have fun looking at her baby’s first books, too!)

Featured sponsors this week:

 

Back when I was trying to get my kids into audio books, I stumbled upon Sparkle Stories instead. It was the perfect fit!

We received new imaginative audio stories every week from multiple storylines, including our favorite about a homeschooling family, Martin & Sylvia.

Wanna get your kids cooking alongside you? Add a culinary component to your homeschool this year with – Raddish Kids.

Each month you’ll receive in the mail 3 new child-friendly recipes, a shopping list, creative activities, and a patch to iron on your child’s Raddish apron.

The philosophy Thomas Jefferson Education has formed the foundation of our family’s homeschool and right now they are offering one of their most popular trainings (a $160 value), completely FREE to Simple Homeschool readers.

Learn how to inspire, not require, how to be an effective mentor, and fall in love with learning yourself through these readings and audio seminars.

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ~ Maya Angelou