Homeschool convention and curriculum fair season is here that means 3 things; curriculum, curriculum and curriculum! Wanna here a confession? Even though I’ve homeschooled since the beginning (my oldest is 10 years), I’ve never been to a homeschool convention. I’ve been scared to go! Yep. It’s true. I’m already a book junkie and I’ve amassed a […]
Homeschooling: 5 Tips to Overcome the Mid-Year Slump
I am a member of a homeschool moms support group in our local area. Once a month we meet and veteran/retired homeschool moms impart wisdom and share some of their woes during their own homeschooling adventure. This transparency and sharing, in turn, gives moms like me encouragement for the road we’re on and a sense of […]
How to Use the Daily Subjects To-Do List (FREE Printable)
Here’s a quick freebie! Ever since I started blogging it was my full intention to share with you some of the printables I create and use in our homeschool. Lord knows, I love lists…I mean I really, really do! So here is the first one. My Daily Subjects To-Do List. I’m also going to show you how we use […]
3 Easy Steps to Organizing Your Homeschool Records (+Freebie)
The school year is quickly coming to a close, which means for some of us homeschoolers it’s Portfolio Review time! Do you dread review time? Are you scrambling around trying to find bits and pieces of evidence that you actually did some school this year? Or worse yet, do you keep re-scheduling with your reviewer? […]
Our 2015 Winter Holiday Recap (Slideshow)
Every year there is high anticipation for the Christmas and New Year holiday seasons. And alas, each time, without disappointment, the holidays come and then they go. Swiftly. Very rarely does the season (or anytime for that matter) go exactly as planned. Here’s how our holidays shaped up. Our 2015 Winter Holiday Recap. Our holidays were […]
How to Make an MLK, Jr. Paper Roll Craft
This is a February 2015 re-post from my former Wix blog. Edited and republished. Here’s an easy craft to do for Black History Month. It’s a Martin Luther King, Jr. paper roll craft that I found on this site. All the instructions and the template are on the DLTK site. Here are some pictures of how we […]
Using Try the World’s Gourmet Food Box as your World Geography Curriculum
Remember in my previous posts I kept raving about Try the World? Here’s a reminder: Backstory: We were so BLESSED to receive a one-year gourmet food subscription from Try the World as a gift from the boys’ uncle (he gives the most thoughtful gifts!). Every two months we get a new box with food from a […]
How to Get Back to Homeschooling (After a Holiday Break)
Updated: 1/7/16 It’s back to school time! At one of our homeschool support meetings I remember this question was posed to the moms, “what wrecks your homeschool?”. The list was lengthy but I think everyone agreed that the holidays and illness were at the top of the list! Getting back in the groove of things after […]
3 Great Calendars for Planning Your Homeschool Year
*Updated: 1/20/16 Hey friends, It’s that time of year again when all homeschoolers around this great nation gear up for the new semester (cue patriotic music)! That means a bit or maybe a whole lot of planning, scheduling, curriculum and the like. Personally, I feel like I’m always in some sort of planning mode. The […]
The Best Monthly Calendar for Kids
Hey friends, If your family is like mine, by choice or necessity, you’ve got busy schedules. Even though we personally strive to not live a harried life in this inevitably hectic world, we’ve got multiple kids and life’s happening, whether we like it or not! There are doctor’s appointments, kids’ parties, special holidays, extracurricular activities, vacations, family […]