The Best Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas
It’s that time to start talking about the best non-candy Easter Basket ideas. And by, “the best,” I mean filled with things that kids need… Read More »The Best Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas
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Use Pinterest for Homeschooling: 7 Steps to Avoid Overwhelm
Ah, Pinterest – a homeschoolers nightmare dressed as a dream. There is a way for minimalist homeschoolers to use Pinterest for homeschooling, and still keep things simple, and avoid being overwhelmed. Here is my guide to using Pinterest in your Homeschool.
Here’s the typical scenario: You show up on Pinterest full of curiosity about what is available – maybe in general, or in a specific subject – and an hour (or two!) later you have pinned countless ideas. Some of the ideas are gold, but a week (or month later), you can’t quite remember which ones.
But, worst of all, you have so many ideas, and the rabbit trail took you so far, that the idea of using the great ideas, and coordinating your schedule to accommodate the great ideas is just plain overwhelming.
It’s a new type of clutter, and you are well on your way to never digging yourself out from under it.
It doesn’t have to be that way. There is a way to use Pinterest for homeschooling without cluttering up your mind or schedule.
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Zara’s Homeschool Speaker Schedule
Wanna hang-out? Yeah? Me too! I’m excited to be a homeschool speaker at a variety of locations throughout the United States this year. I love my past homeschool convention experience, but this year I am trying something new, too – Casual Meet & Greets.
Here is where you can find me in 2019. I’m looking forward to meeting you!Read More »Zara’s Homeschool Speaker Schedule
Easiest Homeschool Mom Self-Care
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
Best Educational Games for $10 or Less – Minimalist Gift-Giving Guide
As someone who has recently purged my home (and schedule), the holidays present a unique challenge: How to give gifts that we truly love and need, without adding too much *stuff* to our space. Perhaps even more stressful that choosing gifts for our own children, is giving extended family gift ideas for our children… am I right? This is why I am offering our personal choices for the best education games that are small, and inexpensive.
Not just any games, either! These are…
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all different kinds of educational,
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small enough that they won’t take-over your home,
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and around $10, or less.
It’s the trifecta!
Therefore, this minimalist gift-giving guide for games is equally good for gift-buying, as gift-suggesting! Great gifts for under $10, that every homeschooler will love, and that fit in small spaces! Let’s get started!
Plus, I’ve done my best to include games that are enjoyable for the parents, too!Read More »Best Educational Games for $10 or Less – Minimalist Gift-Giving Guide
Easy Homeschool Planning – Spiral Notebook Homeschool Schedule SIMPLIFIED
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:
First, my problems with spiral notebook homeschool scheduling:
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A Simple Minimal Homeschool Using Batching
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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- some subjects just aren’t getting the attention you’d like them to get; or
- you want to do more of the subjects that your child(ren) absolutely love; or
- all of those cool ideas and projects don’t ever seem to get done; or
- you procrastinate on, or dread some subjects because they require a lot of preparation and/or mess, or they are not your strength or favorite.
I have a solution for you…Read More »A Simple Minimal Homeschool Using Batching
Avoid Homeschool Burnout by Applying Minimalism to Homeschooling
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
Homeschool Musings – How to Guard Your Time
I have a lot of homeschool musings, but this is one I feel really strongly about:
Our time matters.
More specifically…
Your time matters.
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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
Homeschool Planning: How we do our most important things with multiple ages (right now)
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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)
