how to incorporate play into your homeschool day

The seasonal homeschool shifts demand a shift in routine. The easiest way to get buy-in from the kids when you’re shifting the homeschool seasons? Incorporate play into your day. How to incorporate play to your homeschool day? At times like the end of February and routine is getting a little too…well, routine. Or when we’re…

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what is the reason that you homeschool?

What is the reason that you homeschool? A homeschool conference speaker shared her thoughts. She said that it is usually our needs.

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How to Enable a Homeschool Gratitude Practice

Do you include a homeschool gratitude practice? Just write. Three things. That you’re grateful for. It’s just that simple.

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A Love of Learning, Despite Challenges with Diane Geerlinks

Diane Geerlinks is a Professionally Certified Educational Therapist, Director of NILD Canada (National Institute for Learning Development), and operates GeerLINKS Learning Centre. She is a motivational speaker and brings her 25 years of homeschooling her five kids to her work. Diane has continued learning about the neuroplasticity of the brain and how we can improve our capacity…

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A simple guide to homeschool without a homeschool room

Can you homeschool without a homeschool room? Of course, you can learn in a homeschool room, of course. This would be the room with my bookshelves filled with Dear Canada novels and my collections of books for prescribed reading lists, math workbooks, dictionaries, and you know, schoolish stuff. “Oh, this is your schoolroom!” I’ve heard…

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14 Fun Activities to Include in a 100 Day Homeschool Party

We celebrated 100 days of homeschool studies! It’s always fun to break up the Slump Month, to party in the middle of the traditional study season. Here are some simple and fun things to do at your 100-day party. So let’s celebrate with a 100-day homeschool party! Start with a 100-Day Breakfast. This year, no…

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