Tips & Inspiration
101 Creative Homeschool Ideas
Looking for new ways to creatively incorporate meaningful learning into your homeschool lifestyle? How about 101 of them?! I came up with the following collection of assorted ideas, aimed to appeal to a wide variety of ages and interests. These are ideas I’ve compiled from a variety of sources and inspiration over the years. Whether…
10 Reasons Why Homeschooling Can Fail
Homeschooling is a wonderful blessing, but homeschooling is not an easy road. There have been plenty of people who have started and stopped for a variety of reasons. Here are some reasons that homeschooling can fail and how you can avoid them. 1. No Support – Homeschooling is not easy. Perhaps you are trying to…
Homeschool Socialization: Who is Unsocialized?
A Guest Post At some point during the homeschooling years, the question of socialization comes up. Maybe you’re out and about with the kids during school hours, and people realize that you homeschool. Maybe a well-meaning friend or relative pops the question. “How do you plan to socialize your children?” While I always try to…
5 Tips for the Math-Anxious Mom
A Guest Post Teaching math to your kids can be a homeschool dream – or a sheer nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be! Encourage your kids to have a love of math, even if you don’t. Try out some of these tips for teaching homeschool math. By knowing these simple tips, your kids can…
5 tips for a happier homeschool
Written by contributor Rachel Wolf of Clean and Lusa Organics Skin Care Homeschooling can be such serious business. Each day you juggle more tasks than a CEO. Learning styles, lunch, and laundry. Geometry, groceries, and gardening. Disputes, diapers, and long division. It’s a big job you’ve taken on. And yes, also the most rewarding. Even so, sometimes…
I Don’t Love Math, So How Can I Homeschool My Child?
Susan, a homeschooling mother, hated math. She always had. She said this in front of her children. As a result, Susan’s children hated math. They consistently scored below grade level on standardized tests. Quite often, they did not get through their math curriculum because they chose to skip math whenever possible. Eventually, all of…
5 Websites for Summer Education
I have decided that I will be utilizing educational websites and the library this summer as our summer sharpeners. It’s nice to mix things up so we will do this up to 3 days a week. Don’t want to lose all the skills gained throughout the year. I have compiled a list of 5 educational…
Back to School Homeschool Style
Good morning fellow homeschooling families! Are you enjoying all of those “Back to School” commercials? The wonderful thing about homeschooling is that we don’t have to worry about those school lists. So nice and a definite money saver. It’s nice to be able to go pick up what you need just for your homeschool. I do…
Math Never Tasted So Good
Math Never Tasted So Good By Cheryl Bastian Our children love math! It hides in their sandwiches, seasons their spaghetti, and sweetens their apple pie. From the time our children peek over the table edge or push a chair up to the kitchen counter, they investigate, predict, collect data, and discover. The result: they understand….
Your Child Can Be Good at Math
Your Child Can Be Good at Math By Deborah Reed There’s a mystique about math that applies to no other subject. It’s as if humans were divided into two types: (1) those who are good in math and (2) those who aren’t. No one says: “I’m just not a history person” or “English is beyond me.” Yet…