I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen printable planners become THE thing to get lately. Far cheaper than the fancy physical planners, and it’s easy to pick out the pages you need and ignore the … [Read More...]
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Homeschool Socialization
What about socialization? This is the question you hear the most when you’re a homeschool parent. And if you’re not a homeschool parent yet, but you’re thinking about it, it’s definitely at the top … [Read More...]
How to Register to Homeschool in Louisiana
Take a deep breath. Don't panic. Homeschooling your kids isn't that hard and no matter what your anxiety is telling you, you aren't going to ruin them. You don't have to have all of the … [Read More...]
Do You Celebrate Halloween?
How Do You Explain It to Your Kids? With the fall season in full swing (though it doesn’t feel like it in southern Louisiana) we see pumpkins and flannel popping up everywhere. Another thing … [Read More...]
Homeschool Supplies
Homeschool Supplies So it’s that time of year again. Or is it? We are schooling year-round. Which means we are still working this summer because we took off a lot of time during the year! But … [Read More...]
How to Teach Creative Writing in Your Homeschool
How to Teach Creative Writing in Your Homeschool Writing is a skill that will be useful to your student until well after college. But creative writing isn’t easy for everyone to teach. Kind of like … [Read More...]
How to Homeschool and Have A Clean House
How clean is your house on an average day? Some people let things pile up and then have a designated cleaning day to get things in order. Some pick up here and there so there’s always a tug of war … [Read More...]
Teaching from Rest
*This post contains affiliate links. I love to read, so you’ll probably find a lot of book recommendations on this site in the future. Not that I have time to read much these days, but I find ways to … [Read More...]
The Big Book of Homeschool Ideas Volume 2
Y'all have got to read this book! *This post contains affiliate links. Last year when I first started to research about homeschooling, I got the first edition of this book, The Big Book of … [Read More...]
How Do You Organize Your Homeschool?
Homeschool Organization *This post contains affiliate links. I hate clutter. But really, who loves it anyway? Lately I’ve seen so many people talking about minimalism. There are blogs and books … [Read More...]
How Do You Homeschool During the Holidays?
Do You Homeschool During the Holidays? We don’t. Well, we didn’t this year, but then again, this is our first year. We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year, we participated in NanoWrimo … [Read More...]
A Homeschool Day – Ages 9 and 8 (2015-2016 School Year)
This is our first year, so I’ve never really seen what a homeschool student does all day. We’ve been at it over a month now and I have to say, my kids are soooo much less stressed than they were at … [Read More...]
Homeschool Classroom
When we first decided we would be homeschooling this year, I didn’t think about where we’d actually do this in our home. I saw all of the cool homeschool classrooms on Pinterest and imagined how great … [Read More...]
Homeschool Curriculum Gone Wild
So I’ve already veered off the path from the original homeschool curriculum that I chose. I think we are on path number four, or five, maybe six – I haven’t kept count. That sounds a little crazy … [Read More...]
Working From Home (with the kids!)
Working From Home While weighing the pros and cons of homeschooling (the “cons” list wasn’t very long at all!) we didn’t have to list losing an income. Or finding child care during the day and … [Read More...]
Breaking Away From Your Public School – Harder Than You Think
Homeschooling And Public School Trickery When you finally make the decision to homeschool, you’ll need to drop your kids from public school. IF they let you. Yeah, some of them want to try and talk … [Read More...]
Homeschool Curriculum
Homeschool Curriculum This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase using this link. Thank you! Since we are just … [Read More...]
Why I Chose to Homeschool
The Reasons Why I Homeschool A lot went into our decision to homeschool our kids. If I had to give you a specific list of reasons, this would be it: (Please keep in mind that I know everyone has … [Read More...]