Disclaimer: This post was Sponsored by Homeschool Buyers Co-op. As always, all my opinions are my own. Please read my full disclosure policy. Last September marked my 7th year as a homeschooling parent. This is the year that my oldest son is in Grade 7, and my youngest daughter is doing Pre-K. I also have a grade 4, and […]
Disclaimer: This post was Sponsored by Flexible School Schedule. As always, all my opinions are my own. Please read my full disclosure policy. As I am entering my 7th year of homeschool I have tried scheduling in many different ways. What always gets me caught up is that what I think is going to happen, […]
Disclaimer: I received the Nessy Parent Pack free and was compensated for my time. As always, all my opinions are my own. Please read my full disclosure policy It’s no secret that we enjoy using tech in our homeschool. We have one hour a day where the kids can use whatever type of media […]
Classical, Traditional, Unschool, Charlotte Mason; with so many different philosophies it’s easy to get confused. Unschooling for Beginners explains what it means to be an unschooler in a clear and concise way.
Did that title shock you? Are you surprised that I would say that academics are not the main priority in our homeschool? It is true, they are not. They are an important factor of course, but they are not our main priority. The main priority in our homeschool are the relationships between our children and their siblings, parents, family, and friends. You see, […]
When I first started to homeschool, 5 years ago, I had no idea what kind of lessons that I was going to teach, let alone how to plan them. Over the years I have used many different planners and systems to organize some of the activities that we do in our homeschool. There have been […]
As a mom of 4 kids under the age of 10 I have had my fair share of homeschooling with babies and toddlers underfoot. Recently I periscoped about how I keep my toddler and preschooler busy during the day when I am homeschooling the older two. Luckily we follow more of an eclectic unschooling approach […]
This year my oldest son is in Grade 5. The focus this year in Social Studies is “Canada: The Land, Histories, and Stories.” As I was trying to figure out how best to start teaching about Canada – and where to find Canadian curriculum in a sea of American history – I came upon this […]
Every year we change up our homeschool, just a little bit, as we tweak what works and get rid of what doesn’t. Last year, we had a schedule that was emulated from Magic and Mayhem. It was the kind of loose schedules where the kids had one subject a day. This didn’t work well for […]
Look at the Full Year Calendar. One of the large benefits of homeschooling is to be able to visit museums and attractions when they are not busy. I find it incredibly helpful to pull out not only the calendar with the holidays on it but also to look at a school calendar so that you can […]
