Quick & Easy Vocabulary Activities
Are you interested in making your vocabulary learning fun? Sara introduces a number of great...
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Tag: tips
High School Journey
Is the prospect of homeschooling your high school child overwhelming? Gina’s high school...
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Tips I Wish I Had Known When Starting My Homeschool Journey
So, you’ve joined the ranks of homeschooling. Congratulations! On this journey there will...
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The Day After you Bring your Child Home from School
The day has come. You’ve pulled your child out of school to homeschool. Now what? You plunge headfirst into a pile of books and workbooks tomorrow morning, right?
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The anxious learner
How do you handle your child when they freeze up during school? You might ask them a question about what you went over yesterday and they feel so put on the spot that they simply cannot think of the answer. Or you hand them a test and they hand it back to you empty saying they don’t know what to do, when you know for a fact they know the answers.
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Last minute tips for homeschool planning
It’s Back to School season right now, even among homeschoolers. For as flexible as we claim to be, most of us follow a more traditional school year–myself included. So what if we aren’t quite ready to start and are feeling like there are loose ends we still need to tend to? Here is a quick list of things that can be done relatively easily to help homeschooling get off to a good start and continue to flow well.
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How to keep toddlers occupied while homeschooling older kids
When I have little ones, under the age of two, people look at me and ask, “how in the world do you homeschool?!” Whenever my youngest has to nap, I focus on the older kids and we get their school done then. It’s when they start to get a bit older and the naptimes begin to dwindle, I need to start finding ways to keep them occupied.
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12 things I’ve learned in 12 years of homeschooling
Somewhere along the path of the homeschooling journey, you move from being the newbie to the veteran. I know it was a shock to me when it happened!
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How to travel with your homeschool – tips and tricks, part 2
The ability to take your schooling on the road is one of the great privileges of homeschooling! Before you depart, here are a few tips you may not have considered.
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5 steps to stress-free vacation prep
Vacations are supposed to be an exciting time for the whole family. How can you make sure that the days leading up to the big trip are stress free as well? Here are a few tips to help you stay sane while prepping for your next family vacation.
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Encouraging the homeschool mom from the future
The more you live, the more you grow. Homeschooling is no exception! If I could go back in time, here’s a piece of advice I’d give my younger self concerning a child who struggles with creative writing.
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Ways to make mornings wonderful
Most families do their best to start off on the right foot each sunrise. Sometimes though things don’t always go as planned!
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