Let's go back a bit farther. I had no interest in homeschooling. I had met homeschooling families and knew that wasn't an option for us. I was teaching third grade in a private school when I found out I was pregnant with my first. I thought I...
Not all states are open, some are open more than others, the temptation is there though. What can I sign my kids up for? What sports, activities, social groups are running, and do they fit into our schedule? These are questions many families are...
How you ever noticed couples that focus more on the wedding and the honeymoon than the marriage? The normalcy of wedded bliss causes many to go their separate ways. I think many of our newly minted homeschool families are making the same...
I am so glad you are here! I want to share from my experience to help ease your worries and concerns as you go into this fall and what may be your first year homeschooling. I have been hearing in groups, forums, and discussion posts across the...
Should my child take a break?
Whether you school year-round, take a break for the summer, or follow our hexamester schedule should your child be taking a break? A time when there are no academics or at least not formally? I am firmly in...
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States like Alabama and Alaska don't require you to file any paperwork to homeschool your own kids. However, Alabama does require private tutors to be certified, teach for at least three hours a day for 140 days each calendar year, and...
Whether we are traditional homeschoolers or schooling from home due to the crisis, this year is going to be especially challenging. Every spring homeschooling parents begin to focus on fall. Thinking about the new curriculum, co-op membership,...
We wear many caps while homeschooling, teacher, cafeteria lady, janitor, Mom, wife, friend, etc. We may work from home as well?! We may also have a very needy child, one who needs us for tea parties, to get a snack, to read a book, but we also...
We are all schooling at home! Whether you call it crisis schooling, school at home, or homeschooling, we are all doing it under stress and abnormal conditions. Homeschoolers that were homeschoolers before the crisis went to co-ops, they visited...
