I am a habitual over-committer. I can always find more to do until I make the Mad Hatter look like he’s on tranquilizers. Of course, when you look at just my normal life, you would think I have a reason […]
We jumped back into school today with renewed vigor and determination. Yeah, right. Well, my kindergartner did, anyway. I heard her screaming because her older sister said she was going to get her books ready. The K-child flew into a […]
When the preschooler gets the phone, she has fun texting her dad, friends and sometimes random strangers. My friends just respond to her silly texts with “Hi, Emma!” Her dad responds with, “Give the phone back to your mom!” Then, “stop.” […]
We have entered our ninth week of the school year. This is the week we usually take a break, however all my students did not finish their work. So, they will use their week off to catch up. So sad. […]
I’ve been blogging at MomToManyGirls for almost two years now. I’ve had so much fun meeting new people and reading other blogs. One way to find new blogs is to visit Blog Hops or Linky Parties or whatever someone calls […]
I want to finish up this series on homeschooling with how to survive a bad day. Because there will be bad days. Just being honest here. If you’re new to this series, I’ve written about the first half of our […]
Okay, so where were we? It’s late morning, and I have two of my four students done with school. On to the junior high and high school students. This is where it gets tricky. You’ll only know what I mean […]
In honor of dance classes starting this week, I’m posting our pictures of what may be our last dance recital. Since our move to the country, it quickly became abundantly clear that we could not drive an hour each way […]
This is the next installment in a series on kicking off the homeschool year. See my other topics on picking curriculum (part 1 and part 2), finding curriculum without taking out a second mortgage, and starting the actual schooling. Now […]
If you’re looking for tips to start homeschooling this year, here you go. Seven tips straight from a veteran homeschooler. 1. There is no “right” way to homeschool. The very reason I and most families homeschool is for the […]
