This is one post in a 31 day series on read-aloud <— Click here to see all the posts. This one is about how to teach math with read-alouds.    Homeschooling moms have sick days like all teachers, but we can’t call in sick. What do you do when you don’t feel like getting out of bed? […]

It’s 1:22 P.M. on the first day back to homeschool. I’m sitting here sipping a cup of tea while the baby plays at my feet. All the kids, including the preschooler (after being repeatedly ushered back into her room), are reading in their beds for quiet time. No, I’m not dreaming. And I can’t entirely […]

My post on getting ready for a new homeschool year felt a little disorganized to me. Maybe that’s because I had several children interrupting me every 17 seconds (I usually don’t punish myself in this way, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do). For the next few days I thought of more and […]

10 Things I’ve Learned In 10 Years of Homeschooling, Part 1 is here. 6) Decide On A Philosophy of Education It’s worth spending some time on this and even writing some things down before you begin homeschooling. What does education mean to you? What does a well-educated person look like? What are your overarching goals […]

(Update 2017: I wrote this post about 10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of homeschooling a few years ago. I now have a graduate and have been teaching my kids at home for 13 years. I still love it!) It occurred to me the other day that it’s been 10 years since I began […]

5 months ago Caleb decided that he was tired of just earning an (admittedly generous!) allowance. He had a goal of earning $450 to get a vintage guitar repaired, and needed to earn funds, fast. I set about brainstorming and searching ways for him to make money, and like a good little blogger I have […]

Last week I met three fellow homeschooling mom friends at one of those indoor jump places. As our kids played we chatted about homeschooling, books and Jane Austen. And reluctant readers. Turns out each of us have one. In a house full of bibliophiles, I also have a child who I consider to be a […]

This week my kids are doing standardized tests. I have a real beef with standardized testing.  stand·ard·ize 1. to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts. 2. to compare with or test by a standard. 3. to choose or establish a standard for. I’m not […]

Linking up with Simple Homeschool for their Day in the Homeschool Life series. I’m not vain enough to think that anyone wants to see the minutiae of my day, I do these posts for myself, as a reminder of all that I do in the course of the day that looks like nothing yet leaves […]