How to Love My Homeschool Husband

Was it after one date or three that my husband bought me a bouquet of tulips? The morning my roommate saw them on my humble Ikea kitchen table, she said to me: “Good Morning, Mrs.Wiedrick. You see, I had declared to the significant people in my life that when a man (I was dating) brought me tulips, I…

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How to Love your Homeschool Kids

How to love your homeschool kids? You love your homeschool kids in three words, time, connection, and training… Love is spelled T-I-M-E we’re told. I have learned that despite homeschooling my children, I can easily not spend quality time with my kiddos. Since we are so often together driving in the car somewhere, doing our…

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What Do You Need to Know as a Homeschool Parent?

I had no idea what I would have to learn to be a homeschool parent. Some days, I think back to my idealizing notions of homeschooling and I don’t think I knew what I was signing up for (no, I don’t think…I know I didn’t).  I wonder if I would have had the fortitude or the willingness to…

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How to Encourage Homeschool Mama Creativity

How to encourage homeschool mama creativity? By recognizing that we are all creative in varied ways. What’s your creativity?

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what I learned from my homeschool kids last summer

Since I’m heading back to studies, can I write what I did last summer post too? Here’s what I learned from my homeschool kids last summer: But what did I learn this summer about my homeschool? I need more alone time. While schooled parents anticipate their children coming home, I anticipate kids heading to summer…

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5 Useful Things I Learned after I Assessed my Last Homeschool Year

At the end of each official homeschool season (beginning of May-ish), I do a homeschool assessment. My eyes are always opened to my kids’ learning styles, our year of past curriculum, my needs, and how I need to engage my kids differently. Here’s what I learned after I assessed my homeschool year. These are 5…

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