Unless you are Supermom, I bet you have had “one of those days” like I have. Those Monday-ish days creep up when we least expect it and we are often caught off guard. For some of us, they seem to be unavoidable but how we handle those super bad days is important....
Somewhere along the way into adulthood, I was taught or began to assume that older kid and adults were not to read literature written toward a younger population. I was either too busy with school assignments or other responsibilities to feast upon such lavish art. If...
One Sunday morning, in a desperate attempt to pay attention to the church service I was attending, I handed my phone to our extraordinarily active and chatty preschooler. I just needed him to be occupied for a few minutes, and despite the twinge of guilt I felt for...
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a few homeschool moms share with me the challenges they are facing while homeschooling with a toddler who is alive and well in the house. The struggle is real! Hang in There My first thought when a friend talks about homeschooling...
When my oldest daughter began fourth grade, I wanted something new and fun that would eventually take us to the next level in literature. The following projects did not replace our curriculum but rather kept reading fresh for us. Book Reports Do you remember the book...
I have entered a new stage of parenting, a stage I thought I was well-prepared for, but quickly realized I was severely out of my league—tweens. Tweens are super fun on their great days and super hard on their tough days; there are no in-betweens. As I filled up my...
Have your children ever asked you “Am I smart?” Dr. Kathy Koch addresses this need for validation in her book 8 Great Smarts. Her main premise is that we are all smart. We have more than one intelligence. The question is not if we are smart but rather how. Eight...
The following was originally posted on www.homeschoolfacts.com in September 2015. We felt the content would be helpful for our UDL readers. Copied with permission. Enjoy! If all the homeschool parents filled a big stadium one day, our fight song would be entirely...
Our news feeds are full of pictures of everyone’s first day of school, little ones meeting new teachers, and cute backpacks. Homeschoolers can easily snap those pictures too…well, meeting the teacher is kind of old news…but the others, YES! However, we...
I was sitting beside my husband on the couch while I cracked open the pages of the Susan Bauer’s newest book. I was excited to read this since I already enjoy her other publications about homeschooling, I didn’t even read the back cover of the book. Selfishly, I...
