Category Archives: Organization

Invitations to Play and Learn: Less is More

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Kyndra Steinmann

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working at reducing the number and variety of things available to the big children (7 and 6) in non-school hours and the little boys (4 and 2) during school hours. Part of … Continue reading →

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Working The Plan: Last Week of August 2014

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Kyndra Steinmann

  With school starting up again and a need to fill my days full without overfilling them or forgetting things I think it’s time to start these posts back up! Yesterday I sat down and made a new (pretty!) little … Continue reading →

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Continuing Education

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Kyndra Steinmann

This post contains affiliate links. I had a moment of panic yesterday when I realized that I was leaving for Virginia and the HEAV Convention next Saturday and I haven’t finished my list of curricula, picked the workshops I want … Continue reading →

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Paper Avalanche? How I Organize Schoolwork

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

One of the great joys of homeschooling is keeping all of those completed papers, right? I mean, how else are you going to convince total strangers that your children are well-educated? ?And you have to have some papers showing progress … Continue reading →

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Insurmountable Tasks

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

For the past week I have been tripping over a sleeping mat on Mouse’s bedroom floor. It would probably take less than three minutes to put it away, but I never seem to have three minutes when I’m in her … Continue reading →

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Working The Plan: July 22 (and a ebook bundle)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

This post contains affiliate links. Whoa! This week was crazy! Bull and Buggle had classes at different places and at different times, so I left the house three times a day all week! So glad that isn’t normal. Buggle really … Continue reading →

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Working The Plan: July 16th

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

Well! Yesterday was one of those days when I just couldn’t focus on anything. Really should have done my planning on Sunday and then I would have been able to just follow it. Instead I ended up puttering and puttering … Continue reading →

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Fewer Clothes, Less Laundry!

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

A few weeks ago I had the dreaded task of sorting through clothes, changing out seasonal things and pulling the outfits that were just too small! I really dislike this task: it makes a mess, it often drags over several … Continue reading →

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Busy Days

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

Next week we go back to a regular school schedule so this week I’m trying to finish up all of the organizing for school that I’ve been needing to do. Not just printing out papers and filing them ready for … Continue reading →

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The Weekly Plan (and Link-Up): June 17th

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Kyndra Steinmann

Here’s the plan for the week: I added a section for the blog posts I have in mind to write, as I often have ideas and then can’t remember them when the time comes to actually sit down and write! … Continue reading →

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