How to teach kids to write effectively: a BraveWriter review. I ate up Julie Bogart’s recent book, The Brave Learner.
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All articles filed in Help for Common Homeschool Challenges
Being a homeschool mom can lead to feeling completely worn out. It’s key to notice the early signs and make changes. To get back on track, you need to ask for help. You also need to take real breaks, and focus on what’s truly important for you and your family.
homeschool family harmony: the invisible education in an imperfect family
There’s an invisible education in our homeschools that can teach us homeschool family harmony: how do we create it?
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Homeschool Kids are the Audience to the Homeschool Marriage
When a family homeschools, the children will be intimately aware of the function, and dysfunction, of their parent’s homeschool marriage.
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homeschool fatigue: how to deal with the winter blues
So, let’s homeschool fatigue. Making it through the slump month is a challenge, but with intention, change things up, and let things go.
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Embracing the Project-Based Learning Season
When spring bursts, I feel invited outside and I have a keen awareness of our need to move into the homeschool project season. For the last decade, no matter the personality of my child and their preferences, I have seen a need to change up their routines around this time of the year. But what…
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the helpful homeschool dad: what he does & how he thinks
This is the homeschool dad in our home. He just turned Toby Keith on Spotify after a half-hour of listening to Spamalot. We each have a glass in hand: Me with Spanish Tempranillo and Him a glass of Moosehead. “I want to talk about me,” the song from Toby Keith, is playing, coincidentally…and we will talk…
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