Getting Started

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. As part of this series, I wrote an article for Proverbial Homemaker about motivating teen […]

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 meet my needs and that comes in a format that allows me to move pages […]

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 week. So, how do I manage three different ages/grades for school when I’m just one […]

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 cater our calendar to our needs, and not let the school calendar dictate our lives. […]

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 had already been homeschooling for nine years, but I was immediately OVERWHELMED! After attending several […]

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, schedules were organized, and the table was cleared off. Still trying to catch up on […]

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 camaraderie and encouraging atmosphere cannot be found anywhere else. This convention is fun for the […]

Every year as summer winds down, inspiration strikes me when I’m shopping at my favorite store. You know, the one with the hypnotizing bull’s-eye and all that inviting redness? When the water guns disappear and are replaced by colorful displays of glue, markers, and folders, I want to pull a school list from the end […]

Simplifying Your School Morning When it’s time to go back to school, it’s not easy to get everyone up, fed, dressed, and ready for school, especially when it still feels like summer outside. If you’re not a morning person, it is even harder to think straight when you are rushing around trying to get things done. […]

Are You a Homeschool Planner Drop Out? Even before I was a homeschool mom I’ve loved planners. Well, I mean I’ve loved the idea of planners. I have purchased big ones and little ones, all beautifully inspiring in their own way. Unfortunately, that’s about where I stop. I’ve had a few successful months of planning, […]

When we started homeschooling, we were living in a tiny house. I mean, really tiny. And, the only place I had for “doing school” was our kitchen table, which was in the middle of our small 1930s kitchen and also the center for meals, craft projects, games, and gathering in general. All of my school […]