Homeschooling parents are champion worriers. Those nagging homeschool worries keep us up at night and invade our thoughts during the day. Some of them, though, are really not worth the waste of mental energy. The following are four homeschool worries you can kick to the curb! This post contains affiliate links. See full disclosure policy…
Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things. If I had saved all the pencils my sons have snapped in half over the past nine years of homeschooling, I am certain I could build a small cabin in woods with them. (Both of my boys have a habit of blaming the pencil for their…
Written by Sara Jordan Panning of Heart and Soul Homeschooling Homeschooling seasons ebb and flow. Some are easier than others. A new baby arrives or you make a cross-country move. Eventually, life returns to “normal,” and you find your homeschool groove again. However, chronic illness can be unpredictable with no end in sight. Homeschooling, with…
Written by Adrienne Bolton of The Mommy Mess. I never finished college. As a young mom, I tried to do the work/school/motherhood thing, but it never stuck long term. I’d get a semester in here and there between diaper changes and potty training, but juggling it all was easier said than done. Twenty years later I have…
Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things. When I was in 5th grade, I got a “D” in handwriting. I had straight A’s that semester in every other subject. When I got my report card, my face burned with shame. I remember feeling sick to my ten-year-old stomach all the way home on the…
Hey, homeschool mom. I see you sitting there on the other side of your computer screen. You’re exhausted, and you want to quit homeschooling. All your friends are starting to talk about next year. They’re planning. They’re ordering curriculum. Everyone in your homeschool Facebook groups is talking about the upcoming school year. But not you….
