Homeschooling with A.D.H.D. Parenting with L.O.V.E.
I just love homeschool planning season. Many homeschoolers start planning for the new school year during late spring and early summer. In our family, though, homeschool planning season is practically a year-round event. Even after almost ten years of homeschooling, I’m always looking for new homeschool planning tips that will help us along our journey. AfterKeep Reading…
We all know that reading is (probably) the most important skill a child should learn. Without reading, you can’t really do, well, anything. But we don’t just want our kids to read because they have to. We want them to read because they want to. And that means making free reading an important part of everyKeep Reading…
I just love summer. It’s basically what makes life worth living. To me, anyway. The sun is out, you can walk around in flip-flops all day, no one cares if you eat ice cream for breakfast – it’s a good time of year. The kids and I tend to take a more relaxed approach toKeep Reading…
When I started to write this post about how to prevent the summer slide, I realized that this may not be an issue that affects homeschoolers as much as public schoolers. If you’ve ever had a child in public school, you might have heard of the “summer slide”. Basically, it’s the brain drain that occursKeep Reading…
The question of what to do when you have too much homeschool curriculum might seem like a strange one to ask. The more curriculum, the better, right? Well… Remember when you first started homeschooling? Did you look at your bookshelves and imagine them filled one day with gorgeous picture books, beautifully-illustrated encyclopedias, and resources yourKeep Reading…
Learning about how to talk about the weather is a great way to build a foreign language vocabulary. Just think about it: How many times a week do you mention the weather in English? A lot, right? I think I must tell my kids “It’s windy!” a dozen times a day. Especially when I needKeep Reading…
We have been homeschooling for nine years now and, over the years, I’ve heard many parents express reasons why they feel they can’t homeschool (even though they’d like to). The reasons I’ve heard range from “I’m too broke to homeschool” to “I’m not a teacher” to “I’m too busy to homeschool my kids”. But myKeep Reading…
Brrrrr!!! Winter is definitely here! It got down to the teens here today, which is exceptionally rare here in Georgia. So I thought it would be fun to feature some great winter activities for kids! Winter is not my favorite season, not by far. There’s something about cold weather that just makes me want toKeep Reading…
When you take on the responsibility of teaching toddlers and preschoolers at home, it can be a challenge to come up with new activities that will hold their attention. We’ve gotten to homeschool four little ones in our homeschooling journey and each one of them has been different. They’ve had different interests, different learning styles,Keep Reading…
Fall is a great time of year to learn about nocturnal animals and owls are no exception. We don’t see a lot of owls down here in the South, but we sure hear them after dark. When I was a kid, owls were kind of scary to me. But now that I’ve learned more aboutKeep Reading…
Our preschooler is raring to go for kindergarten this year, so when I was considering what we’d use as our primary curriculum, I looked around and tried a few things. We love using apps to reinforce what she’s learning, but I also wanted her to have some hands-on kinesthetic activities to help her really “see”Keep Reading…
In talking to some of my mom friends, I’ve heard so many reasons why people think they can’t homeschool. Some of the ones I’ve heard the most include: I want to homeschool, but I’m too busy! I want to homeschool, but I’m too scared! I want to homeschool, but I’m too broke! I want toKeep Reading…
We’ve been homeschooling for nine years now. And, since I’m a planning junkie, I have tried literally scores of different homeschool schedules. In a way that’s been a good thing. Since we’re teaching kids with ADHD at home, being flexible has been one of the keys to our homeschool success. But all kids, and kidsKeep Reading…
Once the air starts to turn crisp, we know to watch for leaves to start changing color and falling. Down here in the South, this actually happens about a month after fall officially begins. But that doesn’t matter. I start getting into the fall spirit around September 1. To help our kids learn more about this timeKeep Reading…
Now that we’ve been homeschooling for nine years, I think I’ve heard just about every objection to homeschooling possible. But it always interests me to hear from people who would like to homeschool, but feel that they can’t. I’ve heard all of these: “I want to homeschool, but I’m too busy!” “I want to homeschool, butKeep Reading…
We made the decision to homeschool before our first child was even born. (Since I’m a homeschooling graduate, it was a kind of a no-brainer.) But I told myself that this homeschool was going to be the very best homeschool that ever homeschooled. I was going to teach my children everything they could possibly know. AndKeep Reading…
What kid doesn’t love ice cream? And there’s no way to make summer learning more fun than to learn about dessert, right? So that’s why I put together a this Ice Cream unit study. Believe it or not, there are actually educational topics related to ice cream, especially chemistry. Of course, you can always make aKeep Reading…
Piglet is my very last child to homeschool. *sniff* And I probably have enough homeschooling books, workbooks, toys, games, and printables to teach twelve more children after her. (I wish I was kidding.) But last year, we decided to streamline our homeschooling materials and practice minimalist homeschooling. Which is using the least amount of materialsKeep Reading…
I’ve been a homeschooling parent for almost nine years. More than that, I’m a homeschooling graduate. You’d think I’d have this stuff down by now. But last week, it happened. I had an utter and complete homeschooling meltdown. My children were behaving horribly, I was behind on lesson planning, I was exhausted, and I wasKeep Reading…
We’ve been homeschooling for nine years now. (Wow. It’s been nine years.) And in that time, I’ve heard no end of variations on the “I Want to Homeschool, But…” theme. “I want to homeschool, but I’m too broke.” “I want to homeschool, but I need to work.” “I want to homeschool, but I’m not aKeep Reading…
I’m a homeschooling mom, which means I love, love, love taking my kids on homeschool field trips. There’s just one little teeny tiny problem: It’s expensive! I’ve found lots of really great frugal field trip places in Atlanta that we’ve visited often, but other than those, it can be tough to afford really educational outings,Keep Reading…
