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
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.
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
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:
Read More »Easy Homeschool Planning – Spiral Notebook Homeschool Schedule SIMPLIFIED
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)
Looking to simplify your homeschool, but reluctant to make any major changes and overhaul your plans? Guess what? You don’t have to start big. I’ve compiled a list of changes that you could make TODAY to start minimalist homeschooling.Read More »Start Minimalist Homeschooling Today: Baby Steps to Simplify Your Homeschool
Lots of blogs, podcasts, and conversations over coffee talk about homeschool mom self-care. We know it’s important, but rarely is it a priority. I’m the worst. I spent years of my life researching the effects of chronic-stinkin’-stress, and how it LITERALLY rewires parts of the brain and changes behavior, and yet, I fall prey to chronic stress as much as everyone else. Although, I’m getting better.
Normally, I’m a planner. I’m a list-maker and checker-offer (apparently, I make-up words, too). But, 2017 was totally the year that was NOT planned.Read More »How Homeschool Mom Self-Care Accidentally Happened… and gave me a productive year.
Life can feel so overwhelming. So busy. Some days – most days – there is a never-ending to-do list and no light at the end of the tunnel. We crave an easier existence, but don’t know how exactly to simplify life.
In comes Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. If you haven’t read the book recently, I suggest picking it up as a case study on how to simplify life. Then use the Little House as a litmus test for your own life.
No time to go read a novel?
I hear ya. That’s why you’re here!
So, I’ll give you the “Everything You Need to Know about Using the Little House Litmus Test to Simplify Life” article here. Here are 7 ways to be more “Little House” in life:Read More »Simplify Life – The Little House Litmus Test
