Honest. Quirky. Real. Stereotype-smashing humor for homeschooling families.
We all want to be great homeschool parents. Years ago, I scrolled Pinterest and found beautiful pictures of home “classrooms” full of bright colors and posters. Completely organized. Cute little desks with cute little chairs. Color-coded schedules on the wall. Everyone is well-dressed like they’re going to a staff meeting….
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Homeschooling gives us the freedom to pursue our children’s interests and talents. This means we get to do just plain fun hands-on creative projects like soap making and candle making, sewing, quilting, cross-stitch, and more. You’d be surprised how much you can learn by making handicrafts like these! Teaching and…
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Hip hip hooray! Summer is on its way! It’s easy to throw our hands in the air and say we’re done with school until the fall. But is that the right move? What about summer slide? If you aren’t familiar with the term, it simply means that kids have a tendency to lose…
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I was an only child who – for many years of my education, at least- was homeschooled. Now, I’m homeschooling my daughter who is also an only child. If there’s one homeschooling stereotype that I ran into often growing up, it’s the same one that people like to dish out…
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Sometimes you just need a fun project for a rainy day. Or maybe you’re having a poetry tea time or book club meeting and want to use books as decorations. Or, perhaps (gasp!) a pet or a child destroyed a book, and you can’t bear to throw it away! If…
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