I don’t know about you, but when I look back on my early parenting moments, I cringe. I made a lot of mistakes. Towards the top of the list would be failing my kids when it came to instilling a love of reading and books. I didn’t realize I was doing it – it was something…
When I first started looking into homeschooling, I didn’t know much about it at all. But I did know that buying desks was a super rookie move. I have heard so many homeschool moms laugh and poke fun at the ridiculous idea of setting up little desks in your homeschool room – trying to recreate the look and…
Everywhere I seem to look, people are saying that homeschool socialization is a total myth. Homeschool moms roll their eyes and swap stories of ignorant friends, family members, and strangers who have asked the dreaded question, “What about socialization?” We all collectively sigh and gather our strength, self control, and manners to answer such people. Homeschool moms consider…
Have you ever considered the need for an indoor recess for your homeschool? You don’t have to be a parent for very long to know that kids need to move. Their bodies crave it, which is why you are always telling them to stop running through the house and stop climbing on the furniture. As a homeschooling mom…
Looking for some free field trip ideas? Homeschooling can be pretty expensive, and field trips (depending on the size of your family) can easily take over a large piece of your budget. I have scanned through some posts for free field trips and they usually contained things like “visit the cultural section of your grocery store.” WHAT?! That…
