Hi, I’m Linda, and I’m an accidental homeschooler. I’m the mother of a 9 year old daughter, who is not quite half way through fifth grade.  Homeschooling was never part of the plan.  Sometimes plans change.      Kindergarten, day one:  My impulsive, bright, hyperactive, and opinionated daughter decided public school was for babies.  She came home [...]

Looking back, most people wouldn’t say that writing essays and term papers was even in their top ten favorite memories of school.  But I would.  But I just happen to enjoy writing.  As a homeschooling mom, I figured teaching my own flesh and blood to write would be a piece of cake.  I mean, a [...]

I never thought of myself as a particularly artsy and craftsy type of mom. Many moms are, and I admire them greatly. Despite my lack of art skills, my son loves to draw, is good at it, and has learned much from a how-to drawing book and an online art program. Okay, when I first [...]

I’m sure that some parents of children in school wish they could afford tutoring when their child isn’t doing so well in a subject like Language Arts or Math. Schools sometimes provide tutoring through afterschool problems, but it’s rarely enough when your child is far behind her classmates or just isn’t understanding a concept. Homeschooled [...]

My son was a 6-year-old (almost 7) when I began teaching him to read, and it seemed as though he just wasn’t getting it. He had learned some phonics in kindergarten and recognized some sight words, but putting together everything he had learned just wasn’t happening. I tried everything from McGuffey readers to other phonics books and [...]