I spend a LOT of time reading about children and writing about children. Why? Because I have 3 and have no idea what I’m doing! If that sounds familiar, you might benefit from these top 5 tips about kids from my blog as well as a few resources from the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2015 that […] Read more…
A Menu of Options for Praying With Your Kids {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains an affiliate links; thanks for your support! Life with kids is hard. Take all your imperfections and habits and get rid of the filter between your brain and your mouth and you have your kids. Or maybe […] Read more…
First Start Reading – A Phonics Program from Memoria Press {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
So when the opportunity for reviewing some items from Memoria Press came up, I was pretty excited. We are a fairly classical family and I’m even working on beefing up my own classical education. You know, the one I never got in school :). Anyway, we ended up receiving a copy of MP’s program for phonics, […] Read more…
Homeschool Mother’s Journal {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
And to end this week, I thought I would partake in the Homeschool Mother’s Journal and {pretty, happy, funny, real}. After all, we are being REAL here in this five day series of Real Life Homeschooling. While the first 4 posts were written and scheduled last week, this one is not. In my life this […] Read more…
Curriculum Changes {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
Because I am a book junkie, I have a ton of books and curriculum around. I collect it. And when planning for my kids school year, it frequently ends up as a “wish list.” By January, our homeschool never looks like the plan I make in August. And that’s totally cool. There is nothing wrong […] Read more…
Introducing the Educents Marketplace!
And since we’ve been talking homeschooling all week, I thought it would be a perfect time to share this bit of news from Educents! (Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post.) Introducing the NEW Educents Marketplace Last week, I received an email from the founders of Educents, Kate and Kaitlyn, with some really exciting news. Until […] Read more…
Block Scheduling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
One of the things I figured out the hard way, is that school is VERY simple to start. Math, reading, writing and lots of read aloud’s is all you need until they are proficient readers. Otherwise, you will spend hours spoon-feeding them everything else. Once we hit that point, though, block scheduling has been the […] Read more…
A Day in the Life of a Homeschool Family {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
We have been homeschooling for about 3 years now and what works for us seems to change every year. Siblings get older (or get added) and changes as we figure out what works for us as a family. Here are some past day in the life posts from previous years. Real-life homeschooling at its best. […] Read more…
Year-Round Homeschooling {5 Days of Real Life Homechool}
Hubs and I are crazy hard workers. We both worked 3 jobs through college and now own our own business. It has its good points and bad ones, but homeschooling year round has worked really well for us for a few reasons. 1. Flexibility We own a business and homeschool for the lifestyle. We aren’t […] Read more…
How to Organize Your Homeschool {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
I am one of THOSE moms. You know the one–organized, who can put her hand on any piece of paper necessary in 2 minutes flat & find an email 6 years old about an invite to a family tree all on her iPhone. Can I tell you a secret? I usually do my homeschool record […] Read more…