Written by Pam Odd of Keeping Life Creative. It’s mid-January, and in central Kentucky our winter has been frigidly humid, but we’ve had no snow. Since we don’t typically get a lot of snow, my preschoolers’ schema of the perfect white winter scene mostly comes from books and movies. There are many days they look…
The following is a guest post from Elizabeth Hauris, creator of History Unboxed. Three hours. 10 children. I had to take a few deep breaths looking at the co-op class assignments for the year. When I had volunteered to teach my 5 year-old daughter’s kindergarten class I was thinking back to when my oldest daughter…
Pam shares an adorable Thanksgiving printable crafts that your little ones can use to retell the traditional story of the first Thanksgiving. Written by Pam Odd of Keeping Life Creative. “Mommy! Do you want to come see my show?!” The familiar call from sweet, childlike voices echoes up from our basement playroom. When I join…
Written by Pam Odd of Keeping Life Creative. This summer we planted a garden, and I had high hopes of growing our own pumpkins for carving, pies, and pumpkin-themed science investigations. But nature didn’t agree, and our hot, dry Midwestern summer scorched the seedlings and my wonderful “real life” homeschooling plans. However, flexibility has become…
Today, since there is apparently nothing original or earth-shattering on my own mind, I thought I’d share with you some of the gems I’ve found around the Internet lately. photo credit nathanmac87 on flickr Homeschool Mom: You Are Amazing! from Hip Homeschool Moms – This is a must-read if you need a little encouragement today….
We’ve been homeschooling for 12 years now. I have now officially schooled every age and grade from birth through graduation. There are pros and cons to each age and stage, but from where I’m sitting, I am of the opinion that homeschooling teens is easier than homeschooling little ones. Why? Because… This post contains affiliate…
I’m not going to lie to you. After over 11 years of homeschooling, finally being in the season of homeschooling middle school and high school students, well, it rocks! The preschool and early elementary years are so much fun. It’s amazing to be such an integral part of a child’s early learning years. Everything is new…
If you are a homeschool parent who enjoys looking to your favorite blogs for encourage and inspiration and you’ve also got tweens and teens, you may have noticed a strange phenomenon. Once your favorite bloggers’ kids hit middle school, things can get really quiet on the internet. If you listen closely, you may even be…
This post is sponsored by Rainbow Resource. The text and opinions are my own.See full disclosure policy for more details. When I’m describing a Rainbow Resource catalog a a new or non-homeschooling family (because, let’s face it, if you’ve homeschooled for any length of time, you know what a Rainbow Resource catalog is), I…
Homeschooled kids. Books. Socializing. Sounds like a perfect combination, right? Add to that some tips on how to start a homeschool book club and you’ll be set. Now, I have to state, for the record, that I have never actually started my own homeschool book club. I’ve started and organized lots of other stuff, but…
I’ve been hearing about What’s in the Bible? for a while now. While I am a huge Veggie Tales fan and I knew Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, is also the creative genius behind What’s in the Bible?, the videos looked like they were for much younger viewers than my crew, so I hadn’t…
I am so excited about our upcoming summer break! I always am, but this year it’s not because I’m burned out…and that’s an exciting statement because I wasn’t able to say that the last two years. We are loving Trail Guide to Learning. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that we started on it…
One of the biggest benefits of being part of a homeschool group is being able to take part in group events that you just can’t pull off in individual families. Over the course of our homeschooling years, we’ve had a lot of events that have proven very successful and popular with the kids. Following are…
I avoided Pintrest for a really long time. I heard all the buzz, but I plugged my ears. It wasn’t that I had anything against Pintrest, but I knew I didn’t need one more think encouraging me to spend anymore time online. Between blogging, Twitter, Facebook and Words with Friends, I didn’t need any help…
When we began homeschooling high school, I designed my daughter’s courses based on the college prep track in my state’s graduation requirements. While she’s not the most studious kid in the world, she does plan to attend college. However, even if she had no plans for college, I would still base her high school education…
