I’ve used a LOT of organizing tools over the last 19 years…paper planners, spreadsheets, wall calendars, apps. And one challenge that has been hard to hurdle has been capturing learning as it happens. Most planning tools are wonderful for mapping out a month or a year of lessons. But very few are great at capturing
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When I began homeschooling 19 years ago, it quickly became apparent that my biggest challenge wasn’t going to be buying curriculum, or making an initial plan. My biggest challenge was going to be how to keep going when life threw a curveball. You know what I mean…you make a plan in the fall….spending days mapping
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Making homeschool friends is something people are concerned about even before they decide to homeschool. If you make homeschool friends easily, it is not always easy to figure out how to help your kids do the same. 1. Making Friends Isn’t Easy For Everyone For many years, I Ied a homeschool co-op and watched this
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Summer activities for kids are the perfect opportunity to build life skills and social skills in a low-pressure, high-fun environment. With long days, no school routine and tons of family time, summer is the ideal season to help your kids grow in confidence, independence and the kind of practical know-how they’ll use forever. I have
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Parents of teens and young adults can probably relate to the struggle of staying ahead when it comes to topics like Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and cybersecurity. Most homeschool curricula focus on traditional graduation requirements such as math, science, English, and history. Meanwhile, technology continues to reshape the world our children are entering. As a mom
Are you looking for simple and inexpensive mom’s night ideas but not sure where to start? Starting a mom’s night is a great way to build community and connection with other women and it doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult.
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One of the easiest ways to help our children learn about and understand other cultures is through Around the World Stories audio curriculum. Growing up, I enjoyed hearing stories about my dad traveling around the world during his time in the U.S. Navy. Then when I was in high school and college, I had the
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Is it possible that an AI math tutor and homeschool curriculum could be a better fit for your child than a traditional textbook or even an online curriculum? Listen, when it comes to AI, I have tried to embrace it and also hold it at arms length at the same time!! On the one hand
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Finding the right homeschool language arts curriculum can be very stressful as parents piece together all the elements of successfully teaching language. I started homeschooling in in 2007…and quickly realized that every spring, I would need to invest most of my “research time” on language arts. With many kids in the house, piecing together the
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When it comes to homeschooling for elementary, Language Lessons for a Living Education is a consistent way to make the foundational concepts of language arts are covered well. One of the great myths of homeschooling is that you need to do school….at home. In a traditional education, you would expect your child to ALWAYS learn
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