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November 28, 2019 by Carrie

Cheap Homeschooling (with Several Kids)

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 […]

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January 15, 2017 by Carrie

The truth about homeschooling a large family

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 […]

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October 17, 2016 by Carrie

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 […]

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July 22, 2016 by Carrie

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 […]

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May 28, 2016 by Carrie

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 […]

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February 23, 2016 by Carrie

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, […]

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September 1, 2015 by Carrie

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 […]

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August 18, 2015 by Carrie

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 […]

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June 19, 2015 by Carrie

Homeschool Inventory

Every summer I get this feeling of panic. It only subsides when I figure out what we’re doing for next year’s homeschool. That’s right. I can’t relax and enjoy the summer, the summer free of school, until I get the school stuff out of the way. I’m not an obsessive type person, but I know […]

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March 4, 2015 by Carrie

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 […]

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