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The holiday season is a wonderful time to relax at home and avoid the crowds because sometimes, you just need a low-key time. For a homeschooling family like us, having flexibility over our calendar allows us to try different stuff during this
Whether or not we choose to homeschool during the holidays, one of the things that we really enjoy is when we participate in community activities. We have participated in various holiday events such as costume parties, tree lighting ceremonies,
Sometimes my kids mentally check out during the holidays. At these times, we simply decide not to homeschool at all. What do we do then? Whatever we want to do! It's one of the benefits of homeschooling. Over the years, we have taken a Christma
There are many options for homeschoolers during the holiday season. One option is to incorporate the holidays into our lessons. For example, at Christmas, I would look at where we were in our history book and talk about the holidays during th
When the family comes together during the holiday season, the questions about homeschooling start! No one can ruin the holiday season for a homeschooler faster than family! So how do we handle this situation? The key is to be prepared for the q
Just when we thought we had ADHD figured out, Tourettes emerged its ugly little head! How much of a challenge can this be when you can control so much of the homeschooling environment? Is this truly a challenge for a homeschooler? The answer is
As an abused child, I suffer from from severe anxiety. So do my twin daughters because one has anaphylaxis to tree nuts and the other has ADHD. When the three of us have anxiety attacks, this is when the anxiety queens take over the homeschool
Many times, my ADHD child has taken over our homeschool room and caused my other homeschoolers to lose it because she was just completely out of control. It's just overwhelming at times. I wish I could tell you that I have all the answers to ma
I was terrified of teaching my ADHD child. We had worked with teachers who had the knowledge and experience working with special needs kids and struggled to work with my child. If they had difficulties, how would I be able to handle the teachin
As a homeschooling mom, what does it mean when I say improvise, adapt, thrive? As we enter our seventh year of being a homeschooling family, I look back on our ups and our downs. We've been through a lot. But it has been in our ability to pivot
As a homeschooling teacher, it is important to unlearn the idea that learning should always be fun! Learning can be painful because it takes us out of our comfort zone. So we really need to teach our kids to embrace both the discomfort and exci
Are educational standards good or bad? We know from countless studies that they are often not met successfully in conventional educational settings. Should we have standards in our homeschool room? I believe that homeschooling families should s
One of the biggest challenges for homeschoolers is that we often want to start with a big vision of what homeschooling will be. But in reality, we shouldn't expect our vision to materialize instantly. You have to give both yourself and your chi
As a homeschooling family, we firmly believe that practice makes perfect. While understanding a new skill is important, we have to practice to retain to keep all of our skills current. Practice is essential to the learning process because it ca
I recently read that the more we rescue our children, the more we make them feel helpless because they never learn from their failures by developing problem-solving skills. Our children should not fear failure because it teaches them what they'
Testing is supposed to serve as a metric for learning to show us where the student is and where they need to be. However, the emphasis should be on learning, not teaching to a test. I never taught to the test and have kept testing to a minimum
Our family made the commitment to homeschool, and we made it work. How can you make it work for your family? First, don't obsess. If you want to homeschool, just do it. Don't waste your time doubting yourself. Second, be disciplined and focus o
One of the biggest challenges, when we're teaching our kiddos, is motivating them. As homeschooling families, we can choose the approach in which to teach our children. When we focus on their strengths rather than on their weaknesses, our homes
A lot of moms struggle with organization, but it has never been a problem for me. During my high school years, I learned to organize myself and find it's key to staying on top of a homeschool mom's busy schedule. Additionally, as full-time moms
For most homeschooling parents, being a parent and a teacher is a real challenge. People say, “You're always a parent when you're homeschooling.” While there's no question about this, we also have to remember that just because you're a mom, doe
As parents, we have dreams for our children. But the problem with that is sometimes, out of our own fear, we often underestimate them. We should not put expectations on them based on our dreams or perceptions of them. Instead, we should help ou
Impostor Syndrome is common amongst homeschool moms. We are constantly questioned about our ability to teach our children. Sadly, we sometimes internalize that criticism as insecurity. We begin to think or feel that we are not good enough to te
Many homeschool moms are guilty of the curriculum overbuy, especially when we're just starting homeschooling. We tend to think that we're saving lots of money when we buy a curriculum on sale, and we just end up with a lot of curriculum that we
As a result of being unschooled by my parents, I missed out on some of the fundamentals, particularly math. So when we decided to homeschool our kids, I couldn't believe that I would have to teach math. I found out that this was a common proble
The diversity of options is one of the many benefits of homeschooling. Online education is one of these options. We did extensive research on some online high schools because our twins wanted to continue homeschooling. If you're considering an
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