We all want our kids to have a well-rounded education, right?  Homeschooling parents want plenty of opportunities for their kids to explore sports and other activities in addition to setting a high academic standard for them.   It all comes down to making sure they get everything the kids in public schools do, but kicking [...]

What kind of homeschooler are you? Why do you home school? There are probably as many answers to those two questions as there are homeschoolers. The vision many people have of home schoolers is of devoutly religious families with many children gathered around the kitchen table, learning from text books, in a very traditional schooling [...]

I found this hilarious word game that my kids love.  It’s called “Hig Pigs” and I kid you not…my kids were rolling on the floor laughing over this riddle game!  You’re supposed to answer the riddle with 2 words that rhyme, and have one syllable each.  Sounds complicated, but here’s an example: Q:  What’s a [...]

I’ve found that even after eight years of homeschooling, I’m still making a lot of adjustments to make it fun to learn. This coming year some of the adjustments are due to the fact that my two girls work independent most the time and prefer it that way.  As usual, I reserve the right to change up learning [...]

My daughter has avoided word games like the plague in the past. She really didn’t like doing plain word lists, or vocabulary lists. Last year I even asked a fellow home schooling mom to “teach” my daughter spelling because it was just a serious point of friction with us. This year, I tried a different [...]