Finding purpose after the kids grow up! Accepting, exploring & embracing a new season.
More people are homeschooling now than ever before. Others are schooling at home through their school system’s virtual school. Some are doing a combo of in-classroom and remote learning. Homeschooling is hard.Virtual school at home is hard.Rotating your kids in and out of school is hard. I know some of you are struggling more than …
While some homeschool families like to have a “first day of school” experience where they jump into the full schedule of their school year, and others use online curriculum which does not give them flexibility for when to start or how to pace their classes, I liked to “ease in” to our homeschool year. As …
I am a reader, and I inhaled books about homeschooling not only when I was just beginning to homeschool, but every year of my 23 year homeschool journey. Actually, correct that. I am still reading books about homeschooling and my youngest graduated 3 years ago! I continue to have a heart to mentor homeschool moms, …
There are quite a few lists of reasons for homeschooling. But if you are considering homeschooling, you should also be aware that there are some reasons why you should NOT homeschool as well. Here are four. ***for those who are entering homeschooling because you feel there is no better option due to current circumstances, understand …
If you are a new homeschooler, one thing you’ll soon realize is that homeschool parents learn as much, if not more, than their kids do! This is new territory for most of us, and in addition to brushing up on grammar rules, the Magna Carta, and photosynthesis, we find ourselves searching out information on learning …
men·tor noun1. an experienced and trusted adviser. synonyms: adviser, guide, guru, counselor, consultant I love being a mentor to new homeschool moms and to younger women in general. It is one of the good things about “getting older. For the past several years I have mentored small groups of new homeschool moms, and I really …
One thing I encourage all new homeschoolers to do is to write a paragraph stating your reasons for homeschooling. You likely have given this a good amount of thought at some point, and may have a “list” in your head. It is important to write it down and keep it someplace where you can refer …
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”– Plutarch Many years ago I heard Chris Davis, homeschool dad and nationally known speaker at state-wide homeschool conferences, give a talk based on this quote and I have loved it ever since. For 23 years I have attempted to “light a …