Do You Have a Strong-Willed Child? Most families have one right? That child who demands more time and energy than all the other kids put together. That child who stirs up resentment and anger in you that you didn’t even know you had. In Our Family Her Name is Brantley. “Mama, I need a …
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 …
We all have those days. Those days when we open our mouth and out spews all the frustrations, irritations, and maybe anger from the day and we just can’t. make. it. stop. And those words, those mean-spirited, hateful words, can be pointed at the people we love the most. The people who love us the …
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 …
When we first decided to homeschool I dived deep into the heart of Google to investigate every homeschool curriculum there is. While that wasn’t actually possible, I did read tons of homeschool curriculum reviews from various homeschoolers who have been there, done that. Read: How to Start Homeschooling: A Complete Guide for the New Homeschooler …
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Homeschool for Free I’m a saver. I love to save money and since you’re reading this post, I know you do, too. It gives me a satisfaction to know I got something at a bargain price. So, when we decided to homeschool it grieved me to see these high dollar prices curriculum companies were asking …
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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. …
