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Finishing Strong! Evaluate Before You Plan (Free Evaluation Form Download)
Before we can begin to plan for the next academic year, we first need to know how the current year went. Evaluation is an important part of any project and homeschooling is no exception. In this context, evaluation takes several … Continue reading
Finishing Strong to Begin Again Strong!
This kid is almost “done” for the summer! He has about ten pages of geography left and he took the book upstairs during quiet time so I’m thinking he’ll be done this week. The others aren’t far behind him. … Continue reading
And It Was Summer (or at least time for a summer schedule)
One of the things that I have learned about myself in eleven years of parenting, is that I am easily distracted and driven off on wild rabbit trails! Any time we have the opportunity to just let things go, I … Continue reading
Finally! Nearing the End!
Spring has sprung right into summer here in New England! Freezing weather last week and now the children are running around barefoot. Lessons are nearly over for the “school year” and most days somebody is finished with a subject or … Continue reading
The Busy Toddler: Learns Preschool Skills!
Now that we have a week of school under our belts, I’m working on figuring out just what preschool skills I want Daisy (AKA The Busy Toddler) to learn! After this many years of homeschooling with little children underfoot and … Continue reading
Some Days Just Are
These words may have escaped my lips this morning. Actually one child was already in his room for the third time- banished for an excessive lack of courtesy towards the other students who didn’t really appreciate him waving his hands … Continue reading
Co-ops: An Important Piece of Your Homeschool Puzzle! Interview with Pat Wesolowski
Pat Wesolowski is an author, speaker, and homeschooling mother of nine who is now the homeschool specialist at Bryan College in Dayton, TN. Pat is the host of a podcast entitled ?Homeschooling Co-op Style.? She has homeschooled her nine children … Continue reading
Short Lessons or Why We Do Almost Everything Twice!
This past summer I did a bunch of reading on various educational approaches. Partly because I find that kind of thing interesting, and partly because I am ALWAYS having to tweak my approach to allow for bigger kids, noisier … Continue reading
I’m Glad Convention Season is Coming!
The last few weeks have been rough! Time change, sick littles, a major reorganization project in order to give the biggest boy his own room (which meant turning the schoolroom into the master bedroom, moving school to the … Continue reading
Easy, Gentle Writing Lessons For Young Students
The two subjects that seem to strike the most fear in the hearts of homeschool parents are math and writing! There is tremendous pressure to have students perform well in these two subjects and parents often feel that they, themselves … Continue reading