Getting Started

If you homeschool, do you consider yourself to be a teacher? Do you feel empowered to make decisions for your homeschool and not be at the mercy of what the book says? Well, here is your permission slip: From the…
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Homeschool Successfully – Perfection Not Required! If you need some encouragement and practical tips for homeschooling, don’t miss the Homeschool Successfully Blog Party! This event includes over a month of encouragement, tips, freebies, and giveaways to help you get started….
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A Homeschool Planner for a Year-Round Schedule This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. After trying many different planners over all of our years of homeschooling, I have found that I need something that I can customize to…
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Help for Homeschooling Multiple Ages (How to make it work when there are more of them and only one of you.) I’ve been getting our curriculum organized for school to start–hopefully we will be ready before the end of this…
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The school supplies section always calls my name this time of year. Can you hear it? Sharp pencils . . . colorful notebooks . . . pretty folders . . . spiffy new backpacks! As tempting as it is to…
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Summer Homeschool Activities Whether you are a year-round homeschooler, or you take a break for the summer, summer (home) school activities are easy and fun to incorporate into your days. A more relaxed schedule and more daylight hours allow time…
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Our Year-Round Homeschooling Journey When we first started our homeschool journey, we pulled my son out of a K5 program three weeks into the school year and started off following the local school calendar. I soon realized that I could…
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Whether you’re a newbie homeschool or a seasoned veteran, homeschool conventions provide a valuable source of encouragement, information, and fellowship. Hitting the Road: Homeschool Convention Time! The first time I walked into a convention center for a homeschool conference, I…
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White Water Rapid Days I had the best intentions. After squeezing in one last week of summer with my husband’s time off from work, we planned to “start school” full steam ahead on a Monday. Books were stacked and ready,…
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Teach Them Diligently 2017 This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Don’t miss the Teach Them Diligently homeschool conventions for 2017. I have been fortunate to attend this convention since the first year it started, and the…
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