We’ve always been rather creative in the ways we homeschool. While the idea of schooling at home might conjure up images of hitting the books from 8 to 2 Monday through Friday, we’ve never done it that way. Frankly, that doesn’t work for most homeschoolers. Instead, we structure our lessons to get done in aKeep Reading…
Our Minimalist Homeschool Schedule
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…
Our K12 Daily Schedule for Two Grades
Our two oldest children are trying a brand new method of home education this year: K12. And adjusting to it has been…an interesting experience. After years of relaxed homeschooling, shifting into a full school day based around live classes, offline assignments, and readings was a complete course change. We’ve have seriously bumpy days, days thatKeep Reading…
How to Create a Flexible Homeschool Schedule
I’ve been known to overschedule my homeschool lesson plans just a tad. Okay, maybe more than a tad. More like a WHOLE LOT. Like so many homeschooling parents, I start the planning season with a huge amount of enthusiasm and excitement. We’ll study all the great civilizations of history! We’ll read every classic children’s bookKeep Reading…
Why I’m Choosing to Homeschool Again
As you might know, our family has recently experienced a serious change: we took a homeschooling break and put our children in public school. For us, that was a major adjustment – something I never thought I would do. Well, after six months, we’ve decided to end the Great Homeschool Public School Experiment and bringKeep Reading…
How to Keep a Homeschool Tantrum from Derailing Your School Day
Homeschooling moms have the dual challenge of serving as parents AND teachers during the day, which means we often have to deal with a homeschool tantrum or two on occasion. Yay! Not. When a child throws a temper tantrum, it can disrupt the entire school day. And if you’re homeschooling more than one child, itKeep Reading…
Our Simple ADHD Homeschool Schedule
We’ve been homeschooling for several years, but we still make adjustments to our homeschool schedule each year. And once we learned that some of our children had ADHD, we had to make some drastic changes to our daily routine. I’ve been reading some great books on managing ADHD with kids, and I’ve learned some excellentKeep Reading…
Tips for Homeschool Time Management
Today we’re talking about homeschool time management, which helps us deal with one of the biggest obstacles to happy homeschooling in our home: NOT ENOUGH TIME! We have four children, including some with ADHD, plus I’m a full-time minister and I work – so time is extra precious around here. But, I’ve learned a few greatKeep Reading…