At the end of a school year, I always look back on what has gone right and wrong in our homeschool. I don’t think I’m the only one that seems to remember all the failures, while forgetting all the successes. […]
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Change happens constantly. In Texas, our winter joke is if you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes, and it will change. We can have all four seasons in ONE day! But that kind of change is just a […]
I can hardly remember my before-homeschooling days. I don’t remember what made me start thinking about homeschooling. Maybe it was the $200/month for part-time Christian pre-school. I realized pretty quickly that full-time Christian school for 2 children (at that time) […]
Homeschoolers, as a rule, are a thrifty lot. We educate children on a homeschool budget that is about .01% of a public school’s budget. Of course, Our teacher and principal don’t get paid, and we don’t get subsidized curricula. Many […]
Save Your Sanity With Simple Meal Planning
06/27/2019
Every mom stresses about planning and fixing meals. Feeding a houseful of little people makes cooking with Gordon Ramsey look like a love-filled episode of Barney. There should be a show called Chopped With Kids. Not only would the contestants have […]
Start a Schedule to Save Your Sanity
06/17/2019
It’s pretty common to feel driven by life instead of being in the driver’s seat. I might not mind being Miss Daisy if someone like Morgan Freeman were my driver, but alas my problem lies with over-commitment, not age. I have […]
The Secret to Homeschool Success
08/07/2017
I am approaching my sixteenth year of homeschooling (I think – the years kind of run together after a while). I’ve graduated one child. She’s gainfully employed, and we’re still speaking to each other. I call that a homeschool success. […]
Kids Cooking Could Be The Best Idea EVER
07/25/2017
You know what helps me keep my sanity? Kids cooking. I made the best decision ever when my oldest was about 11. I signed her up for an online cooking class. Every week we watched a video together, printed out […]
I interrupt our regularly scheduled do-nothing-related-to-school summer routine to bring you an important service announcement. Namely, homeschool planning. I know. Those voices in my head again. This time it’s like the music from the movie, Jaws. Homeschool starts in August […]
While we’re officially on summer break from homeschool, that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking ahead to how I want to plan for the next school year. Is homeschool planning ever very far away from the mind of the homeschool mom? […]