Capturing Creativity
One of the greatest benefits of our homeschool is the freedom to teach anywhere and at any time. Unfortunately, that freedom can quickly create chaos as our play, work and schooling mix. As I mentioned last week, my planning space
Have you ever read something that completely changed your perspective on how you do things? I just did. It was an old post on Homeschool Village that woke me up. Here is the part that grabbed me: “Imagine you are given
I learned something about myself this week when friend who doesn’t homeschool dropped by unexpectedly. I was excited to see her car pulling up, but curiously, was immediately filled with a sense of dread. “Oh NO! I’m in the middle
Mark your calendar! If you made it this far and have stuck to your New Year’s resolution, you win! If, on the other hand, you are like the rest of us, you are currently thinking “Wait! What happened to January?”
Okay, so you started a bullet journal, and now you are looking at a giant list of to-do items and feeling overwhelmed. What happened? That pretty new notebook was supposed to solve all your problems! Why are you feeling so
I am an organization junkie. It is a bit of an obsession. Pretty notebooks, color-coding, baskets, all of it makes me happy. You would think that my tools would capture all of my brilliant homeschooling ideas on their own for
When you find something like this in the back of the kitchen cupboard: Plymouth Rock got their patent in 1889 and trademark in 1905, so I know that it can’t be any older than 109 years old (Phew!). My best
It is warm and sunny outside, yet all of my kids are diligently hunched over their pencils and math books right now. For over 6 years (wow, time flies) my crew has been homeschooling year round. It is a system
It is 8:00AM on Monday and we’ve already had two calls this morning that change our schedule. It is wacky how stuff like this comes in clumps. My girls are asking me what we will be doing for the rest
We are a family that takes our lessons on the road a lot. Keeping everything where it needs to be is a top priority. This is one simple fix that has saved us lots of aggravation. The steps are simple