Considering homeschooling your kids? If you worry that you’re going to spend a lot of money on educating your children properly, read on. This post shares my tips for cheap homeschooling, even with several kids. A bit of backstory if you’re new. As of late 2019, my family has two grads (21 and 18), two […]
The truth about homeschooling a large family
Homeschooling a large family looks a bit different than people expect… This week I had an enjoyable luncheon with a group of blogging moms. When my turn came for an introduction, I said that I write about, among other things, homeschooling a large family with 7 kids. (There’s usually a tiny, collective gasp right about […]
Different Homeschool Philosophies: Take What You Want, Leave the Rest
How does one choose among the different homeschool philosophies? I have often encouraged moms to develop a philosophy of education to guide them, but that doesn’t mean following any one philosophy slavishly. Take what you want, leave the rest; this is certainly good advice when talking about different homeschool philosophies. When I was a La […]
Homeschool plan: 2016/17
Here’s the Homeschool plan for 2016/17. We start our school year on September 1. I know it’s July, but as soon as summer begins, I feel the itch to nail down a plan for the next year. I can’t relax and enjoy my summer until I get some things down on paper. Anyone else like this? [Side […]
Use it or lose it: homeschool math and summer learning
Our neighborhood pool opened today, meaning that summer has officially begun in our home school. Our plan in recent years has been to do a very relaxed, modified schedule during summer. In particular, math is a subject that I insist continues throughout summer, for two reasons. 1: math is a part of life, adults do […]
A day in the homeschool life: 7 kids and crud
[This is a Day in the Homeschool Life post I am linking up to Simple Homeschool’s meme. Previous posts like it: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011] 8:19 – I’m at the computer, sipping coffee and checking my Bullet Journal. Baby has been changed and nursed and is content with Julien, 14. Breakfast is ready. Scrambled eggs, […]
First day back to (home)school
I felt a bit like the proverbial giddy school girl early yesterday and this morning, unable to sleep and eager for the day to begin. I woke up before my alarm went off, unusual for me as of late. Everything went off yesterday and today without a hitch, and the girls were all done with […]
Our Homeschooling Schedule (and a lunch menu) 2015/16
I sat down today to create our daily and weekly homeschooling schedule. Since our homeschooling year begins September 1, it’s time to begin the Tetris game that is scheduling my day with several kids that still require “teaching” as opposed to merely “facilitating”. I am adding a new student this year, Ruby, who just turned […]
Homeschool: What’s Working Now
A couple of things that we’re loving in our homeschool right now: Morning notes I can’t take credit for this idea, as I read about it on Amongst Lovely Things, who wrote about how spiral notebooks simplify her homeschool. I call it “morning notes”. In a nutshell, I have a cheap spiral notebook for each […]
Homeschooling the determined child
This is a post in a series of 31 Days of Minimalist Homeschooling. See the intro post with all the topics here. A few days ago I introduced the idea of how a child’s personality type affects their learning. I shared some tips on homeschooling the fun-loving, active child and the sensitive child. Today let’s talk about […]