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Organizing Your Homeschool Family
What kind of planner are you? I am a list maker, the “old fashioned” pencil and paper kind of list maker. There is something about a pencil or pen in my hand which helps me to own my to-do list. When we physically write something out, it helps our minds to own those tasks a little more than if we write it via a keyboard, in a virtual way. Although, having smartphones and apps certainly are useful too. In fact, at our house we have a virtual calendar for our family where each member is colour coded,
Homeschooling Middle School and High School
Ever feel like you have just got this homeschooling thing on a roll and then all of a sudden it is time to change things up again? You have finally found your rhythm and groove with your toddlers, 1st grade, 3rd grade, 5th grade, and 8th grade kiddos; then spring comes, homeschool conferences start up and you realize something. It suddenly hits you that you are a mom/dad to kids who will be entering the Middle School and/or High School years! Whoa! How did that happen? You also find all your friends and family are throwing a whole new
How to Rise Above the Negative
So you are homeschooling, or thinking of homeschooling, you’re excited and start to share with others what you do or what you are planning to do…then it happens…. The negative talk, raised eyebrows and the hesitant…“Oh?” Sooner or later we are all faced with this and I hope that for your sake it is few and far between. The truth of the matter is … the negative outlook others share can slowly eat away at us, not to mention it just plain ol’ hurts! The negative talk can even make us question what is in our hearts and all
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