do you know how to take a summer break?

Why is it that I’m in the thick of a sizzling summer, lakes surrounding our community, beaches minutes away, and waterparks in abundance, but I still want to do homeschool readalouds? When, instead, we could spend our days leisurely playing at a watering hole. Should I homeschool throughout summer? Should I homeschool throughout the summer,…

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How to Do Geography in your Homeschool in a Child-Directed Way

How do you incorporate geography in your homeschool? Loosely. With intention to playing. Fun is the operative. No serious allowed. So how do you incorporate geography in your homeschool in a child-directed way? Any time you come across a new country or location in a readaloud or a current affairs discussion find it on a…

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How to Do Fine Arts in your Homeschool in a Child-Directed Way

How do you incorporate fine arts in a child-directed way? Loosely. With the intention of playing. Fun is the operative. No serious allowed. Also, fill a basket of things you and your kiddos like to do and pull them out when you’re doing a readaloud. (And take turns reading, so you can play in your…

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Before You Quit Homeschooling, Read This — What Coaching Actually Does

capturing the charmed homeschool: creating clarity, confidence and vision in your homeschool

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How to Use Little Women in your Homeschool Celebrations

How to use Little Women in your homeschool activities or celebrations? If there is anything we can do as homeschool mamas, it is to create memory-rich (& literature-rich) special celebrations, like my oldest daughter’s twelfth birthday. Madelyn and I planned the details for weeks. We printed a play from Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women so…

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Homeschool Teen’s Perspective: How to Homeschool High School

We want a homeschool teen’s perspective on homeschooling high school, following interests, socialization, unschooling a classical education, and pursuing her life’s passions.

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