When You Feel Like “Un-Fun” Mom
I know I’m not the only one with comparisonitis. We all have that perfect picture of the...
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Tag: plans
Loop Scheduling
Many homeschool moms (and dads) are busy planning their year right now. Even if they homeschool year-round, it takes a good amount of planning to pull it all off. I use the summer months to get my planner organized and my year all planned out.
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There’s a light at the end of the tunnel
Many of you have just graduated your last child- CONGRATULATIONS! Way to finish the race! However, there are some of us still plugging along.
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Planning Your Homeschool Year By Subject
It’s that time of year when all homeschooling families are making decisions about the curriculum they will use this coming up school year. We look over everything we used the previous year and figure out what worked and what didn’t work.
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Planning Ahead
For homeschoolers it often seems that just as one year ends, you are already gearing up for the next year to begin. Ok, for most of us, we have been planning ahead for months, but we don’t admit that in public. It is a disease, I tell you!
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Aim High, Settle for Less
My tip for the month for you as you begin to think about a new year of curriculum: Aim high, Settle for Less!
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When Your Curriculum Isn’t Working
What do you do when your curriculum isn’t working? My husband has a saying, “All good plans are subject to change.”
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When Plans Go Awry
As you reflect upon last week, you are perplexed. Maybe your child cried through his daily math lessons, or perhaps dysgraphia crushes his spirit as he faces the seemingly endless writing in your current history program. Monday morning looms and you are filled with dread.
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Get a Head Start on Planning for Next Year
I confess, I’m not quite ready to start planning for our next school year – of course, since we’re...
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Setting Goals with Contentment
The New Year brings in a sense of fresh starts, vision and enthusiasm for setting goals and making...
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Homeschooling on the Hard Days
If you’ve homeschooled for more than, oh, probably a week or so, you’ve probably experienced them...
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Prepare for Each Day in Advance
Whether you’re just getting started with your homeschool year or in the middle of it, preparation is key. Of course, preparing for they year is important – what curricula are you going to use? What field trips would you like to take? Will you take any breaks? Although all of this is important (very important) sometimes we forget the day-to-day tasks.
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