47 Tips From Experienced Homeschoolers to New Homeschoolers
I polled my readers to find out ONE PIECE OF ADVICE they would give to themselves if they could go back and start over again. Here’s what they said!
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Is Homeschooling Hard?
Want to know if homeschooling is hard? There is so much turmoil going on in our society today and lots of reasons why more and more parents are considering homeschooling their children. The thing that stops most of us is that homeschooling is a big unknown. We’re familiar with sending our kiddos to school because …
6 Secrets for Starting Your Homeschool Year Successfully
Overview: Interested in starting your homeschool year successfully? These tips are for EVERYONE whether you are classical, eclectic, or an unschooler. Find out more! Most of us are just starting or are preparing to start a new year of homeschooling. Homeschoolers have the flexibility to run their homeschools in whatever manner they see fit. And we’ve all …
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5 Tips for Homeschoolers Who Want the School Year to be Done!
Overview: Are you one of us homeschoolers who want the school year to be done? Are you struggling? Here are some tips to help moms want to throw in the towel! So, we’ve entered May, and the finish line for the school year is within sight. Just a few more weeks and we’ll feel a …
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5 Ways to Homeschool Successfully in the Spring
Overview: Having a hard time focusing? Feeling tired after a long winter? THERE’S HOPE! Here are some tips to help you homeschool successfully in the spring! It’s spring! We should all feel refreshed and full of energy after a long winter, right?!? Somehow, that isn’t the case around here. Between the pandemic, the fact that …
5 Homeschool Tips for Kids Who Don’t Like to Write
Overview: Is it even possible to teach a child who hates writing?!? It sure is!!! Here are 5 homeschool tips for kids who don’t like to write. When our kids hate writing or put up a fuss every time we ask them to pick up a pencil, it can make homeschooling miserable because writing is …
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The Importance of Embracing the Unknown
Overview: So much is not going according to plan right now. For all of us. Learn the importance of leaning into whatever God presents and embracing the unknown. When homeschoolers are asked their favorite things about homeschooling, one of the number one answers given is we love the flexibility. Even in states with a lot …
What’s the Next Step?
Overview: If your kids are rapidly approaching adulthood, have you thought about what comes next?!? When the kids leave the house, what’s YOUR next step? When my boys were fairly young, I started homeschooling them. My oldest son was two at the time, which is really young. However, the days can be long when you’re …
10 Areas of Essential Life Skills for Teens
Overview: Curious about which essential life skills our teens should know before leaving home? Here are the best ways to teach these essential life skills for teens as well as a FREE, printable teenage life skills checklist. Both of my boys have been working part-time jobs since they were 15 and 16. This is a …
5 Easy Steps to Plan a Unit Study
Overview: Having a hard time finding a unit study for a particular topic? Why not make your own? It’s EASY and FUN! Let me show you how. The entire world has been turned upside down over the past year. We’re all dealing with lots of uncertainty and sitting down to go through the same old lessons …