Your homeschooling year has wrapped up for the most part and your kids, if they are anything like mine, are begging you for the fun itinerary every day starting at 8:00 a.m. SO! What do homeschoolers do over the summer? Educational Variety There are a variety of ways...
NAV: an acronym for a Non-Academic Victory, meaning a reason for celebrating, a win, a dose of encouragement for parents, unrelated to academics. Homeschooling parents can often wonder if they are doing it all well enough. We wonder if our kids are excelling at a...
Some people desire to camp. Other people camp because they realize the high price tags of vacations and want to travel another way. Then there is a third group of people that camp for the potential memory-making moments for the kids. I am in the third group. Well, at...
4 SURPRISING WAYS TO USE YOUR LIBRARY AS A HOMESCHOOLER We all know how awesome our local librarians are. And we all understand the beauty that is found from having a huge building full of books, plus all those within the network of libraries, at your fingertips. We...
WHAT’S HIDING IN YOUR AMAZON WISH LIST FOR HOMESCHOOL SUPPLIES? Maybe you are like me and have a never ending wish list of items you would dream about having for your schoolroom. Or, perhaps you want to add a few new cool things to your classroom. Here is the list of...
My girls and I had been learning about cubic measurements and geometric solids. Out of a moment of frustration (and normal preteen annoyance with school), one of my kids huffed and said, “Why do I need to know this?” I had a pile of geometric solids in the center of...
