May Day Ideas
May Day is around the corner and here are some adorable ideas for gifts for your neighbors. May Day Flower Baskets Originally May Day was celebrated by small neighborhood festivals where neighbors got to rekindle their friendships. Little children would … Continued
Homeschooling Math
Saxon Math products are the best homeschooling math books hands down. Each “kit” comes with a textbook, answers, tests, and test key (answers). You don’t really need the solutions manuals for the kits up to Algebra 1 or 2, but Saxon has them for separate purchase … Continued
Free Book Downloads
I’m sure the title of this post got your attention. It gets everyone’s attention. Especially when the book is a $120 university textbook. And that’s the problem. Every term thousands of college students search the internet for free pdfs of … Continued
You Might Be a Homeschooler If
If you’ve ever watched Jeff Foxworthy, the comedian, you’ll understand this. You might be a homeschooler if: Your sister is your best friend. You sewed your own Halloween costume. Family birthdays are school holidays. You have classes at night and … Continued
Why We Hate GoDaddy
On September 15, 2014 I did a post on FirstData, GoDaddy’s corrupt “merchant services” partner which has thousands of complaints against it. Since then we’ve received a number of emails from very angry homeschoolers and other families who run their … Continued
Homemade Gifts to Make
I think the best thing we teach our children as homeschoolers is to value others. We create communities wherever we go. Kindness and caring are out mottos and we demonstrate that to our children which helps them to grow into … Continued
Field Trip Ideas
When I ask my children their most fond homeschooling moments they always bring up a particular field trip. Over the course of our many years homeschooling, we have gone on an average of one field trip every other week. Some … Continued
Community Activities
When your children are young, it’s difficult to imagine them participating in community activities. But that’s the best time for children to learn that they are responsible for the world they live in. Here are some simple ideas for community … Continued
Tutoring Your Child
For the past two decades, home education activists like John Holt and Christopher Klicka, as well as public education reformists like John Taylor Gatto, have criticized the inadequacies of public education. Home schooling is the answer for many families, including … Continued
Signs of Great Socialization
One of the claims that public school teachers make against homeschoolers is that our children are not properly socialized or that they don’t have socialization skills. Lol, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Homeschooled kids have far superior socialization … Continued
More Gifts in a Jar
This Christmas, I asked for gloves. Fleece gloves, preferably. I use a lot of canning jars and happened to see one of my children “wrapping” my present. She took a pair of fleece gloves, rolled them up, and tucked them … Continued
Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Dinner
Over the years, I’ve gathered and tossed and refined recipes for my family. Some have been handed down from generation to generation and others are new. These are my kids’ favorites and all are easy for children to make. Candied … Continued