How to Choose The Best Homeschool Curriculum
Are you planning to homeschool but having a hard time wading through all the curriculum choices? Do you need some help understanding how to choose the best homeschool curriculum? I completely understand! Even though I was homeschooled for junior high and high school, I was only familiar with 2 different curricula, both of which were […]
Continue readingHow to Create a Homeschool Schedule That Works!
How to Create a Homeschool Schedule that Works for You is a Guest Post by Leah at As We Walk Along the Road. I appreciate her advice that comes from years of experience. Often balancing homeschool and housework and cooking and childcare can seem like an impossible task. Trying to find time to fit it […]
Continue readingTeaching Reading is Easier Than You Think!
Teaching Reading Made Easy is a guest post by Meeghan at Sight and Sound Reading. It is easier than you think to teach reading. I always used to think that teaching someone to read would be a challenging experience. I never imagined my mother would prove to me it is actually very simple. This is […]
Continue readingHomemaking While Homeschooling: Getting it All Done
Mother, wife, teacher, cook, housekeeper: there are often many roles a homeschooling mom needs to play. And sometimes it seems as if there is no way to maintain a house, feed your family nutritious meals, and teach our children each day. Occasionally the problem is that we’ve set the standard too high, and we need […]
Continue readingHow to Occupy Your 2 Year Old While You Homeschool
I’m getting everything ready for our 2nd year of homeschooling. Last year I had a 1 year old running around, and I compiled a couple posts to help me with that: 15 Independent Activities for One Year Olds and 15 {More} Independent Activities for One Year Olds. Since the little guy is another year […]
Continue readingOrganize Your Homeschool: How to Keep Those Records Straight (Part 2)
The following is a guest post from my sister-in-law Lauren. In the previous post, we looked at where to find all the papers you need to organize your home school. Now, we must look at how to get all those mounds of papers organized into the filing cabinet in a functional and effective […]
Continue readingOrganize Your Homeschool: How to Keep Those Records Straight
I love to be organized! Who doesn’t? or may I say, who wouldn’t?! Oftentimes when it comes to home educating our children we seem to take one of the two approaches. First, we take the approach of “recognized organized curriculum, schedule on the dot, finish every paper in the workbooks, my-kids-have-to-be-the-best-in-everything Mom”, or we take […]
Continue reading5 Ways to Encourage a Reluctant Reader
Is reading not your child’s favorite subject? Here are some ways you can encourage a reluctant reader! 1. Let him choose his own books. Your child will be much more likely to be interested in a book if it’s about something he’s truly interested in. There is no rule that says a homeschooled […]
Continue reading5 Reasons We’re Learning About Great Missionaries in our Homeschool
We have a two-fold goal in our homeschool: First, to teach our children Godly character and second, to equip them with the academic skills they need for life. Using studies of great missionaries is a great way to help meet both of those goals! Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links. When we read […]
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