The Benefits of Homeschooling – from a Kid’s Perspective
My 9 year old son came to me the other day and said he wanted to write an article on the ten best things about homeschooling. I thought what he wrote was so interesting because it showed me what he...
View ArticleHow Can a Single Parent Homeschool?
One of the questions people ask me all the time is, how do you homeschool as a single parent? Obviously I have to work to earn a living too so it’s understandable that I would get this question. For...
View ArticleSchool Zone School Workbooks Review
School Zone Publishing Company got in touch with me recently about reviewing some of their workbooks, I was pretty stoked. Anything that can help a single homeschooling mom save money on stuff is good...
View ArticleLearning Styles – What is your child’s?
Since it’s almost “back to school” or “back to homeschool” (whatever the case may be) time for many of you, I thought I would share a report on learning style with you. Many of these learning styles...
View ArticleWho is Dr. Daisy?
Who exactly is Dr. Daisy? I will try to keep this brief so as not to bore you. Well, as you gathered my name is Daisy and I am a retired Chiropractor. I retired in order to home school my children. I...
View ArticleChildren Don’t Have to Be Coerced To Learn
Frequently when other parents find out I’m homeschooling (because I don’t advertise it) and the topic comes up in conversation (because they ask me questions, not because I’m a homeschooling...
View ArticleThe Cheapest Homeschool Mom
Homeschooling has cost me very little. In fact I bet I’ve spent less to homeschool my kids than I would have if they were in public school. Making lunch at home is cheap. I drive less because of...
View ArticleHomeschooling: What Will Be Different This Year?
photo credit: mia3mom If you’re a homeschooling veteran, you could meet the new year with either excitement or a sense of dread. How can you make sure that homeschooling keeps on meeting your child’s...
View ArticleUnlikely Unschooling Advocate
This is fascinating, but not terribly surprising to homeschooling parents! (And by the way, if you haven’t discovered Ted, you must check out the site. The videos are interesting and wonderful to...
View ArticleGreat Homeschool Books for Your Library
Every homeschooling parent knows that a well stocked library is one of their most important investments. In addition to great works of literature, reference books like dictionaries and encyclopedias,...
View ArticleHow Do You Homeschool Multiple Children?
One of the questions people ask when they come across homeschooling parents is how they manage to teach their kids when they have more than one. Since so many homeschooling families seem to have...
View ArticleSchool Kills Creativity?
Oh, man. I could get lost on this site for hours. I mentioned TED.com on this other blog post about an unlikely unschooling advocate. Here is another awesome video by a big thinker. Even if you don’t...
View ArticleSocialization Skills Can Be Taught at Home
One of the concern that people have about home schooling is the socialization aspect. Will the children get to interact with other kids? This topic has been blown way out of proportion.I’m going to...
View ArticleHow We Do Homeschool History
I didn’t enjoy history at all when I was in school. But I love history with my homeschool kids. The way we do history is really simple, and easy for a homeschooling mom. Instead of each individual kid...
View ArticleHomeschooling Your Child With Special Needs
Once an unthinkable idea, more and more families are pulling their children with special needs out of the public school system and are homeschooling them. Their diagnoses can range from ADD, ADHD,...
View ArticleThings I’ve Learned About Public School
photo credit: woodleywonderworks There have been a few things that have surprised me about public school. As you know, I enrolled my 3 older kids into the local elementary school a few weeks ago. Not...
View ArticleWhat’s Homeschooling Really Like?
And how do homeschooled kids “turn out” as adults? These are two questions that people often wonder about homeschooling. And even those of us who have experienced it often wonder the latter question....
View ArticleHomeschooling: My Child Doesn’t Like To Read
photo credit: whgrad A reader had this question so I am publishing it here to get the wisdom and advice of other homeschooling moms: “Hi. My son 8 year old son is recently homeschooled – he’s...
View ArticleHomeschool, 2010-2011
1:35 pm. It’s quiet time. The kids are in their beds writing in their journals and reading books. photo credit: jimmiehomeschoolmom The 12 year old has done vocabulary (he’s studying Latin and Greek...
View ArticleCharacter Development and Free Printable Worksheets
I told Sadie, 5, that I was working on a curriculum for character development for our homeschool. She said: “I want my character to be Dora!” “No sweetie I don’t mean a cartoon character. Character...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....