Dear Mama, Your homeschool days do not have to feel so stressful. Are you rushing around, trying to check off the list, and always feeling like a failure? Breathe. Your days don’t have to be so hectic. Here are some tips, tricks, routines, and lots of links to resources and free, editable documents for you. … Read more
I’m taking a quick break from my regular scheduled programming here (filling up blog posts with tons of Scripture Memory Music), because I have some encouragement I want to share with all of you. We are on a little family vacation with all five kids–including our three sons who are all men now. One turned twenty-two yesterday, one … Read more
If you’ve ever come across a curriculum that was almost right for your family but you wished you could tweak it just a little bit, I think you’re going to love this custom spreadsheet I’ve created. I want moms to be able to use the STAR reading schedules–or whatever books they like–to make their own 28-week homeschool schedule. … Read more
If you have been homeschooling for a while, you’ve probably heard about Classical Conversations (CC). It is very likely that you have friends in the program, or that you have been a part of it yourself. Our family was a part of a CC community in Oregon for two years, before we moved to Virginia. … Read more
Charlotte Mason was an educator in England and lived from 1842 to 1923. She is known as the founder of the homeschool movement because she trained nannies, and eventually mothers, in her methods of educating children. She wanted all children, regardless of their rank in society, to receive what she called a “liberal education” with … Read more
**This post is dedicated to all of the STAR mamas who have little ones to motivate into the car, early, every Wednesday morning, and to every other mama out there who has children to get out the door, any day of the week.** We enjoyed Week Four of STAR Homeschool Community last week. I try … Read more
I say that I’ve been homeschooling our kids ever since my oldest was 2 (I was an over-achiever back then ;)). This year, for the first time ever, we sent one child to public school–that is a long story for another time. I am still homeschooling 3 out of 4 of our kids. I really … Read more