What Your Curriculum Provider Does Not Provide
At a recent conference someone made the following statement to me, “I don’t need My School Year because my curriculum provider handles my grades.” While the provider may be […]
Tips
How to Handle Subjects You Don’t Like
We all have to do things in life we don’t like. Certain school subjects are most definitely lumped in this category. Just because we are homeschooled doesn’t mean we have […]
How to Keep Your Homeschool Organized
Organization is not only possible, but fun and easy with your membership. Here are a few tips & tricks that make organization fast and simple. Student Logins Give your students […]
Not doing things by the book
I’ve been officially homeschooling for about 15 years. We have used a variety of great programs. We have done experiments from books, kits, and other resources. We have used living […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Staying on track with My School Year!
Do you have it all together? Your homeschool is going well. Lessons are being done. Experiments are going as planned. Teacher is staying “sane”. However, you may be forgetting a very […]