Am I Smart Enough to Homeschool?
Am I smart enough to homeschool? Is there some level that you should achieve? A certain SAT score? Do you need a teaching certificate? Find answers here.
Homeschooling
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12 Read-Alouds Your Family Will Love
There are few moments in life as sweet as the ones where my children are nestled in my lap or gathered closely around the glowing fireplace as we listen with great anticipation to a new book. And it’s not just a fondness in my heart. The kids share it too, always begging for one more…
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Best Children’s Audiobooks Your Family Will Love
Are you looking for a way to unplug and engage the minds of your children? Here are our top picks for some of the best children’s audio books and dramas!
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All About Me FREE Printable {Faith Based}
I just LOVE back-to-school season. Maybe it’s because I’m one of *those* people who always loved school. Or perhaps because I use to spend this time of year prepping a classroom for an eager bunch of 1st graders. Whatever the cause, I LOVE back-to-school and all things that go along with it. As a homeschooler,…
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Homeschool Record Keeping: What to Keep and How to Stay Organized
Wondering how to stay organized with your homeschool record-keeping? Here are a few tips for staying organized throughout the school year!
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Simple Homeschool Schedule for Working Moms
Looking for a realistic homeschool schedule for working moms? Consider this method for creating and managing a homeschool schedule with these tips and ideas.
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My Top Choice Homeschool Beginning Readers
Searching for the best books for beginning readers can be a challenge. These are our family’s favorite books for Kindergarten and 1st grade. Learn more.
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3 Steps to a Simple Homeschool
Do you ever wish you could take a peek inside a friend’s homeschool for a minute? Do you wish someone would tell you how to start homeschooling in a simple way? I’m here for ya, friend. Homeschooling is an amazing blessing. But as with everything in life, sometimes we make it a little more complicated…
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Practical and Simple Homeschool Room
There are two words that are crucial in my life: simple and practical. Here’s a simple homeschool room that meets all the practical needs of my family. There are two words that are crucial in my life: simple and practical. I need a simple homeschool room that meets all the practical needs of my family….
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Multi-age Homeschool: Older Teaches Younger
I’ve been so vocal about my love for Apologia’s Who is God worldview series that it may surprise you to learn that I’ve never used their science curriculum. Oh, I’ve walked through the homeschool convention aisles and longingly browsed through each of the exciting topics. I’ve wanted to teach it, but I’ve also been throttled by…
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Organizing Your Student with a Weekly Homeschool Checklist
I love to be organized. It just makes me happy. But let’s face it. The best laid organizational plans don’t always come to fruition. That’s true for my homeschool plans as well. Over the years I’ve kept a few different kinds of plan books and online planners. Most of them required more work than I…
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Good Horse Books for Kids
Do your kids love horses? We put together a list of the BEST Horse Books for Kids will absolutely love, with options for every reading level!
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Choosing a Homeschool Curriculum
Choosing a homeschool curriculum doesn’t have to be hard! The goal of this post is for you to walk away from this post feeling TOTALLY empowered! Read now
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3 Tips for Teaching Your Highly Distractible Child to Read
Struggling to teach a highly distractible child how to read? Here are three tips that can help, as well as two amazing resources! Let me describe one of my more “distractible” sons (which means that teaching him to read was…challenging). By the age of 8, this highly distractible child had already broken two bones and…
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Is It too Early for My Child to Read Chapter Books?
When is the best time for my child to read chapter books? Here are my thoughts as a former teacher, homeschool mom, and early childhood specialist.
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Ultimate Homeschool List for Horse Lovers
Check out this horse-themed homeschool list for kids who love horses, including books, printables, and other learning aids. Read More
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Developing independent learners
I sat at the picnic table flipping through my Bible study when the two ladies walked up. My kids were playing on the playground happily and I was enjoying a little time in the Word. I smiled a hello and went back to my reading. But the moms couldn’t get over it. Convinced that I…
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organizing school supplies
I don’t know about you, but there is nothing more annoying that sitting down for a great math lesson only to find that your child didn’t bother to get a pencil out. Or perhaps you are more bothered by the world’s greatest homeschool mystery- “where are all of the scissors?” Well, we have solved this…
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Single Mom Homeschooling
I picture her the same way you do: homeschooling momma driving a 15 passenger van, wearing handmade jean skirts and grinding her own wheat to bake bread. Her husband arrives home from a long day at work and leads the family in Bible reading and prayer time as they finish up a home cooked meal….
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12 Steps for How to Plan Your Homeschool Year
Are you gearing up to plan your upcoming homeschool year? Here’s a 12 step plan that will get you totally excited about planning! When Walmart starts to clear away the picnic baskets and beach towels, they roll in massive towers of glue sticks and spiral bound notebooks. Ah, the smell of new curriculum and sharpened…
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top 10 must have items for homeschooling
It would be easy for me to write a post here about 10 homeschooling items that you simply can not live without, but I fear that you might leave feeling defeated and inadequate if you were unable to have one or more of these items. Knowing my tendencies toward such thinking, I want to remind…
