Thanks to Coronavirus-19, our country has become the land of e-learning while working from home overnight! I must admit that it’s strange to suddenly log… Read More »How to Work and Homeschool: 10 tips to do both effectively – PART 1
How to Gift a Donation: 3 reasons charitable gifts are a great option, and printable donation cards. Whether you’re trying to buy for someone who… Read More »How to Gift a Donation to Give a Charitable Gift
I get a lot of wide-eyed, and incredulous looks when I mention that I’m an aspiring snowbird, and therefore, it’s important that we be able… Read More »How We Learned to Travel While Homeschooling
Confident homeschooling can be elusive. I have been there. We combine this desire to give our children the BEST with the pressure of taking on… Read More »Confident Homeschooling: 5 Ways to Avoid Homeschool Self-Doubt
Hi there Busy Mom! Why is it that we are so good at taking care of everybody else, but then totally biff when it comes to taking care of ourselves? Let me give you a quick and dirty list of the easiest ways for busy homeschool mom self-care to happen.Read More »Easiest Homeschool Mom Self-Care
Spiral Notebook homeschool scheduling has been popular for a while. Spiral notebook scheduling is the idea that parent-teachers should write out their child’s assignments for the next day on a single notebook page the night before. However, I have found a few major drawbacks to this style of scheduling because I am all about EASY homeschool planning. Here I will show you how I have remedied those downfalls and SIMPLIFIED my spiral notebooking homeschool schedule. I also made it MORE USEFUL. Let me show you:
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So, you want a simple minimal homeschool, but you’re struggling with reconciling minimalist homeschooling with a rich homeschool because maybe…
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I have a solution for you…Read More »A Simple Minimal Homeschool Using Batching
Homeschool burnout. It’s real. And, if you are struggling, have struggled, or may struggle in the future with burnout, know that you are NOT alone. Chances are you could grab the nearest homeschooling mom, spill your homeschool burnout woes, and she will commiserate. If she doesn’t, buy her a coffee and find out all of her secrets immediately!
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I have a few tricks for avoiding homeschool burnout that I have discovered over the years of struggling myself. 4 kids + 2 businesses = 1 mom? I’m pretty sure that is not a balanced equation. So, here are all of my secrets for maintaining my sense of peace as the earth continues to spin.Read More »Avoid Homeschool Burnout by Applying Minimalism to Homeschooling
I have a lot of homeschool musings, but this is one I feel really strongly about:
More specifically…
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I’m going to go on my soapbox for a bit here, but stick with me. I think most of you will whole-heartedly agree and need the affirmation, and others just plain need to hear the brutal truth I feel compelled to say.
Plus, I’m going to give you 5 thoughts or reasons to protect your time. So, please, hear me out.
Too often, moms are flippant about their time. Way. Too. Often.Read More »Homeschool Musings – How to Guard Your Time
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I have people asking how our minimalist homeschooling schedule looks, and I’ll be honest, I’m just not a big fan of publishing our schedule. Why? Well, because it would be our schedule… not the schedule. I fear that people would look at it and think “that’s the minimalist homeschooling schedule.” You know? So, I would much rather provide lots of insight into minimalist homeschool planning than give a schedule that likely won’t work for many people.
As my husband put it, I’m more about encouraging people to rethink how they do things than telling them how to do it. So, with that in mind, take a look at my notes, and see if anything I do makes you rethink your homeschool planning… but, I’m not telling you how to do it :).Read More »Homeschool Planning: How we do our most important things with multiple ages (right now)
