How Listening to our Trauma Stories can Enable our Homeschool Families with Norm Quantz

Norm Quantz is a counselor, relationship expert, and trauma specialist. He has listened to thousands of people tell their stories of struggles and successes. Norm is the author of two books, Power & Control and Trauma No More. He graduated with a Master of Arts in Counselling and is semi-retired from his private practice, but…

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How to Love Myself as a Homeschool Mama

It took me a few years (okay, a lotta years) to be intentional about self-nurturing practices, and I only began to pay attention to them when I had to. So from one homeschool mama to another, you gotta love yourself too. Not just your homeschool kids. Coming to understand that I don’t have an endless supply…

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Homeschooling in a Pandemic: 14 Approaches to Address Overwhelm

Even before homeschooling in a pandemic, homeschool moms were overwhelmed. So many reasons to feel overwhelmed when you’re a homeschool mom. But add a pandemic and we have a whole lot more reasons to feel that overwhelm. What are the 14 approaches to overcoming overwhelm while you’re homeschooling in a pandemic? Besides the fact that…

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Unlocking the Power of Play: 11 Scientific Benefits for Homeschoolers

What are the scientific benefits to play? Can I tell you a story when I first took the kids out of school? I gave them loads of time to free play in the backyard. One of them could mix together clay and water, and make wet, gunky, globs of reddish mud-clay bricks, baked in the sun. She did…

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How Gordon Neufeld Informs my Homeschool

This is how Gordon Neufeld informs my homeschool. His book, Hold Onto Your Kids, helps us to show up on purpose in our homeschool.

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How to Deschool with Kelly Edwards from 90-Minute Day

Kelly Edwards, from 90-Minute Day, teaches a deschool method that connects children with natural learning in their families. She is passionate about home education, attachment, the gift of neurodivergence, learning, and helping children identify their purpose.  Kelly Edwards is a homeschool mom in her seventh year. She believes true health happens when emotional, mental, physical,…

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