This post is written by Jennifer Elia of Aurelius Cabrini Homeschool Resource Center. She’s generously giving away a homeschool bundle and a FREE GIFT. Check it out at the bottom. How is your Christmas shopping going? Is your checklist getting overwhelming? If your children are anything like mine, not only do they not need more toys …
As we wrap up another year of homeschool, I drag out our First Homeschool Year scrapbook and blow off the dust and a flood of memories and feelings rush over me. Memories of teaching my 1st grader how to read compound words and teaching my 3rd grader multiplication and cursive. I remember all the fun …
Everyone who homeschools their kids knows there are ups and downs to this thing. It’s not all sunshine and roses. To have that, I would need a nanny, a chef, a housekeeper, a bookkeeper, a groundskeeper… Shall I go on? I’ve written about why we homeschool and the benefits to our family. But, I have …
The Benefits of Homeschooling (You Will Love) The other day, I wrote a blog post about why we chose to homeschool. The benefits of homeschooling have been tremendous for our family. I really never dreamed I would like this as much as I do! Let me put this our there- I am NOT anti-public school. …
People ask me all the time why we chose to homeschool. And I tell ya, sometimes I can’t remember. I just rattle off something and sound like a blithering idiot because I can’t remember why we chose to change our whole lifestyle. So I’m going to write the reasons to homeschool so I can just say, “I don’t remember but I …
Is Family Your Biggest Homeschool Critics? If you’ve ever told someone you homeschool or plan to homeschool and you receive a negative comment about homeschooling, please raise your hand. If I could see you I’m sure 98% of you have your hand raised. It’s easy to brush off annoying comments from strangers, but when your …
August is here and we all know what that means. Back to school time. Woot, Woot. We homeschool moms are just like any other moms out there. We’re not extra special because we homeschool (sorry to burst your bubble). We make mistakes, too. The mistakes homeschool moms make is just like any other mistake and …
“What About Socialization?” That’s a question I hear pretty often when I tell people we homeschool. How are we going to “socialize” our kids? That’s an understandable question because of the stigma that is still attributed to homeschooling. I wrote a little bit about that stigma and how I no longer worry about it here. …
In case you didn’t know, homeschooling is hard. It’s hard knowing your the sole provider of your child’s education. It’s a juggling act of education, housework, parenting, and keeping your marriage thriving. But we still do it because we know that it is what is best for our kids and our family. There are 5 …
We live in a great day and age for homeschooling, there is an endless supply of information right at our fingertips. With the click of a mouse or the tap of a finger we can find encouragement from other homeschool moms without having to leave the comfort of our home. We also get to reap …
