Are you considering home schooling? I know that this can be a scary proposition. How will you manage your day? What curriculum to use? Will it work for your child? What will your family say? Many of us who are “accidental home schoolers” can relate to your questions and concerns. As a parent, I thought [...]

I know summer is a long way off, but the beginning of the new year tends to make me reassess where we are in our curriculum, and to do some planning for the rest of the year.  Thinking about summer plans just kind of goes along with that.  I’m sure there will be a few [...]

Over eight years ago when I started homeschooling I was looking up “Getting started homeschooling guides”at the pace of a roller coaster.  I would follow those guides to the exact.  Then a veteran homeschooler said to me one time ” I am not here to reinvent the wheel”, to which I thought was perfect for [...]

The younger your kids are, the more natural education at home seems.   Preschoolers and kindergarteners are used to spending most of their time at home with their family, in familiar surroundings, so it only seems natural that when they begin school, homeschooling is a logical transition.   It won’t feel different or strange, and pretty soon [...]

I know this isn’t new to anyone, but it is just CHAOS around here after the new year starts.  I think having one with pneumonia and the rest of us sick too was what pushed us overboard.  But the beauty of homeschool is you can still do school when sick if feeling up to it.  [...]