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Homeschooling Through the Hard Days
I love homeschooling, I really do. But if you’ve been homeschooling for any length of time, you know that along with the really, really good days, there are really, really hard days (and everything in between). So I don’t know why, 9 years in, it still surprises me when we have those difficult days. The last few weeks have felt like one long, really, really hard day. I can’t put my finger on exactly what’s made these last few weeks feel that way. I guess I could say it’s 2020, that’s the answer to everything right now it seems. The truth is though, that sometimes things just don’t go as…
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What’s for Lunch??
We are now to the eight-week mark of this homeschool year…that’s 40 days down! Generally speaking, things are going pretty well. We’ve settled into our routine and the kids are enjoying (for the most part) the curriculum that we chose way back in May. At the start of the school year we only do a couple subjects a day…a soft start, if you will. Then as the days & weeks go by, we slowly add new subjects until we get to the point were we are now. Now, we are covering nearly all subjects each day…just in time to add all the extra curricular activities! They all seem to start…
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A Vacation From The Books Was One For The Books
One of my favorite things about homeschooling is, without question, the flexibility that it allows. I love that we can go at our own pace & change things that aren’t working for us. But I would be lying if I said this relaxed and easy-going attitude comes naturally to me. I love a good schedule and a calendar all marked up with our plans and activities makes me happy. Especially when we get to stick to it and mark things off! So when my husband mentioned his plans for taking some time off during our fifth week of school (instead of the seventh week, which was what I had planned),…
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Inspiration or Comparison?
Our homeschool school year is officially underway! We’ve been at it for over a month now and I’d say it’s safe to say we’ve settled in pretty well. So far, I’m super happy with our curriculum choices for our core subjects and I’ve signed my kiddos up for a few extracurricular activities. We’ve had a couple days where the time simply got away from us and I had to push some activities over to the next day, but overall, I think we’re being pretty productive. So productive in fact, that I thought it would be a good idea to hop online and checkout what other people are doing in their…
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Don’t Do Homeschooling Alone
Homeschooling is amazing and in my opinion, especially in today’s culture, there is no better way to educate your children. But as truly wonderful as it is, it can also be HARD work. It can feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. Honestly. If you think about it, when you are choosing to homeschool, you are taking full responsibility for your child’s entire education. That’s heavy!! It can get overwhelming and exhausting. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stressed myself out over whether or not my child will be ready for college while they are still in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!! Not only is that irrational,…
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Homeschool. How do I even do this?
Second to questions about socialization, are questions about curriculum and how I teach my own kids. People often assume that because they aren’t trained (credentialed) teachers, they can’t teach their kids. Friends, that just isn’t true. How can I say that? I can say that because I am a trained (credentialed) teacher. Stay with me…I spent years & years and dollars & dollars to get more than one degree and multiple credentials that tell me that I am qualified to teach children. The funny thing is after all those years of training, I learned more in my first few months of being with actual students than I did sitting in…