How I taught my five kids to read
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Homeschooling through tough times
You know those times when life is just a total mess and everything falls apart? We had one of those recently. It involved weeks of caring for a close family member in the final stage of cancer and the inevitable result, bookended by 5000kms of...
Creating a family team with collaboration
Does anybody else out there get bogged down by the everyday tasks of raising a family? Educating our kids and ourselves is important, noble even. But the day-to-day tasks of running a family are a grind that can wear us down. Honestly, it’s easy to feel...
Easy and Fun Science Experiments for Kids
Science experiments have provided some of the most memorable times we’ve had while homeschooling! Kids can’t resist the mysterious interactions of everyday substances that produce foaming, colour changing, and other interesting changes. Neither can...
Help! My husband doesn’t want to homeschool!
“I really want to homeschool, but my husband just isn’t interested. He thinks our children are going to school, and that’s it. I think homeschooling would be best for us, and I really want to do it, but I don’t want to fight about such a huge issue. How do I...
Homeschool Schedule Strategy – be flexible AND productive
One of the hardest things to do as a homeschooler is to create a realistic homeschool schedule. How do you make sure all the important things get done, while still leaving the time and space needed for creativity? How do you keep motivated while also keeping flexible?...
The Continuum of Homeschooling Styles
This post is part of the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Styles series – view the entire series here So many homeschooling styles – how do you decide which one to use? How do you even COMPARE them when they’re all so different?!...
How the Start Homeschooling Summit improved our homeschool – instantly
The last few weeks have been more than a little insane here! For those of you who missed it, I’ve been running the Start Homeschooling Summit. Coordinating 34 workshops from 28 presenters across 4 continents and many more timezones was a bit of a juggling act! But...
How to use lists in your homeschool
Lists are the only way I keep track of anything. To-do lists, meal lists, to-buy lists, wishlists – if it’s not on the list it really doesn’t get done. So it makes sense that lists are invaluable in our homeschool, too. We use lists to keep track of what we’ve done,...Want to have the best start to homeschooling – free?
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