Improve Your Creative Writing
Being an avid writer of short stories and poems myself, I understand the struggle that occurs when one is not able to finish a story, lost on what to do […]
Homeschool
Mom as the Student
As you make a plan for all your students, don’t forget to include yourself! YES! You too can have your own lesson plans. You can schedule in monthly chore cleaning. […]
PSAT Tips and Insights
As a high school junior this school year, it is especially important to pay special attention to the PSAT. However, even if you are a freshman or sophomore taking the […]
Celebrate Back to School
Area schools are now back in session. This means low crowd levels for you and your homeschoolers! Take advantage of the opportunity and plan some field trips or even impromptu […]
Motivation Tips
We’ve all experienced it, that feeling where you have almost zero energy and no fire inside to push you to get moving. Even though I have a very strong “get […]
Block Scheduling – A Student’s Perspective
This article is a student’s perspective on how to block schedule. In general, I find block scheduling to work very well for me. While it isn’t for everyone, it definitely […]
Top 10 List for Successful Homeschooling
I created this list for some My School Year Launch Party events. It proved to be quite popular and so it is being published for general public consumption.
Block Scheduling
I call it block scheduling because we do a few subjects in longer blocks of time and it works great for us. Let me explain. When I was preparing for […]
How I Plan My School Year: A Step By Step Guide
I’m an eclectic homeschooler, which means I like picking and choosing a variety of materials and methods for each student and each class. Yes, it takes time but I really […]
Beyond Pen and Paper
I’m a big fan of paper and pen. Actually I’ll go further to say paper and pencil. I can easily erase pencil and make changes as needed because a pen […]