How to Teach Kids to Write Effectively: A Brave Learner Review

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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Homeschooling Little Kids & Taking Care of Yourself with Isis Loran

In this episode, I’ll introduce you to Isis Loran, and we discuss working from home while homeschooling four kids.

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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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Welcome to the Homeschool Mama Self-Care Podcast (& Why I Homeschool)

Welcome to the homeschool mama self-care podcast! This podcast is for homeschool mamas looking to address your needs, overwhelm, and doubt.

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an introduction to our simple homeschool room

Our simple homeschool room is butter yellow with a great big red industrial light smack dab in the middle of the room. There’s a desk on the side for moi and a slide-out drawer for the oft-used printer (love love love having the printer beside me). Can we say… Our simple homeschool room has a…

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homeschool performance opportunities

When I was about six, I had the chance to be part of the Sunday school Christmas presentation. I was the M of “MERRY CHRISTMAS”. But I wasn’t getting on stage to wish Jesus a happy birthday if my salvation depended on it. I had a bout of serious shyness (hard to believe when you…

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