Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong century. As a homeschool mom, I often look around at all of the online possibilities for educating my children – especially for reading and math – and feel intimidated instead of comforted.
Because of this, I’ve always tended to shy away from educational websites…until about 6 months ago. Continue reading “Teaching Your Kids Reading and Math Skills Just Got Easier!”
Learning the history of public education will change the way you homeschool.
In this day and age, coming across homeschooling advice is as easy as the press of a button.
While tons of useful guidance of all kinds is available, there’s one thing I haven’t seen mentioned thus far. I’m going to tackle it today because I believe it can be vital to the well-being of any homeschool, and it’s something that I don’t think a lot of people give much thought to.
Okay, here goes. Continue reading “Here’s What Every Homeschooling Parent NEEDS to Know”
As a homeschool mom, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about school – public school, to be exact.
No, I haven’t been thinking of sending my kids back – perish the thought! What I have been thinking about is what life today would be like if the public education system never existed.
Ever.
To be sure, proponents of government schooling would claim that society wouldn’t be where it is today without it, and I’d have to agree with them.
But that isn’t a good thing. Continue reading “What If Public Education Never Existed?”
If you’ve been here before, you may be aware that besides my blog, I also have a YouTube channel.
A few weeks ago, I made the decision to start sharing not only some DITL vlogs, but also to start a weekly livestream. (Thursdays at 10pm ET)
Today I’m going to share with you the links to those videos, just in case you’re interested. 😉
Thanks so much for being a part of my life, and Happy Homeschooling!
Back-to-school time is here for both traditional school students and a good portion of homeschoolers.
When we first started out on this journey, I thought I was obligated to follow the public school schedule for our district, so that’s exactly what I did. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the best fit for us, and it ultimately contributed to my bout with homeschool burnout in which I gave up and sent my kids back to school for two years.
Worst. decision. ever.
Fortunately, when I came to my senses and pulled my kids back out, I was armed with a new philosopy of homeschooling and a new schedule.
Today I’m going to share that schedule with you. 🙂
Homeschooling and education are my passion. It is my fervent hope to one day devote more time to creating content for you. If you’re interested in helping to make this a reality, consider supporting me on Patreon.
Thank you so much. I appreciate each and every one of you!
(The Case for Homeschooling High School)
As someone in the homeschooling community who is very vocal in my criticism of the public education system, there are pretty many comments I hear time and again.
One of these comments is the notion that parents may, indeed, be capable of homeschooling elementary age children, but they just couldn’t possibly be equipped to homeschool high school.
I beg to differ. Continue reading “Discouragement and Isolation in the Name of Education”
When it comes to homeschooling, no family has the perfect method. No matter who it is, it all comes down to trial and error.
Take our family for example – particularly me as the facilitator. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. As much as I wish many of those mistakes wouldn’t have happened, I have been able to learn so many things I never would have realized had we “done it right” in the first place.
Today I’m going to share with you one of the biggest mistakes you can make in your homeschool, and the reason I can share this with you is because I learned from experience.
That’s the beauty of this lifestyle. You get lots of do-overs.
Enjoy!
Homeschooling and education are my passion. It is my fervent hope to one day devote more time to creating content for you. If you’re interested in helping to make this a reality, consider supporting me on Patreon.
Thank you so much. I appreciate each and every one of you!
Let me ask you a question.
If you could eliminate one subject that you have to teach, what would it be?
For me, there’s no question about it…it would be math. As much as I love numbers and computing numerical equations, it just doesn’t come as easily for my kids as it does for me.
You have no idea how hard that is. Continue reading “Keep Your Homeschool Stress-Free with CTCMath!”
Okay, I’ll admit it when I’m wrong about something, so it’s time for me to come clean today:
When it comes to homeschool bloggers, I have been one of the most vocal opponents to the public education system.
That hasn’t changed. Continue reading “I Was Wrong About School…”
Have you ever noticed how “language arts” encompasses so many other subtopics?
The thought of homeschooling this particular subject is likely to get a new homeschool parent a bit nervous. After all, there’s a lot to cover – reading, spelling, grammar, writing, and vocabulary to be precise.
Now that I’ve been homeschooling for a decade, I’ve learned a few tricks of the trade, such as combining combining combining!
Gone are the days my poor children used to have five separate workbooks for language arts alone. I’ve discovered far more practical ways to cover the bases. Continue reading “Conquer Elementary Reading and Language Arts with Pathways 2.0”
