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Homeschooling
This year I have scheduled us for a few hours of playing games together each Friday. It feels like my kids are growing up so fast and although I always intend to play games with them, life gets busy and I just don’t. That’s why I decided to work some game time into our homeschool …
**This post contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It does not cost you anything to shop through my affiliate links. School is in session for the big kids around here but we’re also back to preschool with our littles! Since we now have three kids under the age …
Most of you know that we’re a homeschooling family. I’ve been putting off teaching cursive until I had a few children to teach it to at once and this is the year! Like any other subject, I did a lot of research trying to decide which cursive program we should use. I’m in various homeschool …
When the virus hit, the world as many knew it changed drastically. While there were families homeschooling previously, the number of new families to start their homeschool journey increased drastically. Children who were previously attending public schools, charter schools, and private schools found themselves at home, either distance learning or as full on ‘real’ first-time …
Do you have a struggling reader? As a homeschooling mom, I’ve always felt that my biggest hurdle is to get our children to become accomplished readers. Not only do I need to teach them how to read, I also want them to develop confidence about their skillset. Because once a child has efficiently learned the …
When I was a kid, my aunt was a “room mom” at school. A “room mom”, if you aren’t familiar with the term, is a volunteer who helps the teachers, plans celebrations, and communicates with parents in the classroom. She’s always been extremely talented at coming up with creative ideas, seemingly no matter what the subject …
Melissa and Doug provided me with some of the products mentioned in this post in order to facilitate it. The hot new toy in our house lately is the Melissa and Doug Fresh Mart Grocery Store. From the three-year-old up to the almost nine-year-old, they are all enjoying playing with it. And really, what’s not …
A huge thanks to the American Girl company for providing me with products to incorporate into our American Girl Addy study unit! As many of you know, we homeschool our two oldest children. Maggie is in 2nd grade and now that her reading and mathematics skills have a solid base, we’re slowly starting to incorporate …
We’re approaching the end of 1st grade for Maggie! As our oldest, she gets to be the guinea pig as we try out different curriculum and find out what works best for our children and family when it comes to homeschooling. I’ve had a number of readers and friends reach out to me with questions …