I can see that if you’re brand new to homeschooling, this could be a  pretty intimidating thing, like starting anything new can be scary.  But for verteran homeschooling moms, homeschooling a preschooler is  a piece of cake!  I have several older kids who are also homeschooling, so I look at preschool as a creative way [...]

I have mentioned before my 12 year old daughter maybe going to a cyber academy next year.  We went to turn in her application and she was informed you will take a placement test and need to write an essay.  Her eyes were big as saucers!  The word test and essay in the same sentence [...]

It always happens. As the old year gives way to the new year, and we start up home schooling again after the break for Christmas and New Year., I feel like I have to, no…I need to reevaluate how we do things. I need to see if the goals we set were achieved. I need [...]

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 [...]

Middle school is such a tough place to be.   The kids aren’t really into the elementary stuff anymore, but definitely not ready for high school either, not to mention the insanity of puberty ramping up.  Middle school curriculum is changing too, and the easy and fun art projects of elementary school are replaced with….Well, what [...]