I have been getting help from others and giving help to other since my oldest was born in 1997. It started with a bang when my baby was newborn, as he struggled to breastfeed. He was hungry but he would not latch on properly. I had read books and watched videos and took one hospital-based class so I...

I heard this homeschooling tip before I saw it play out in my own experience. I have since found this to be true several times. I’m having one of those moments right now. The tip is: Use your homeschooling curriculum, don’t let it use you. Otherwise stated, it is:Homeschooling curriculum is a to...

Abstract: home school worksheets Tag: Home School Worksheets Homeschooling was once a rare educational method. Today it is well known and an accepted way to education your kids. Most parents thinking of homeschooling have a difficult time deciding whether to do it or not. The following is a list 17 ...

Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Carol from My Heart’s Desire ! You live in my favorite place in the world, Colorado! Tell us about your nature studies. Nature study for us is taking a walk on the 75 acres where we live, driving down the road to one of the lakes or hiking...

Soon after Judy Aron, a Connecticut homeschool mom who blogs at Consent of the Governed blogged about how the recession may affect homeschoolers she was contacted by a journalist and interviewed. The resulting article can be read here: Amid hard times, homeschooling families persist by David Crary J...

Did you make it to the Wittman webinar on Wednesday evening (try saying that 5 times really fast)? What a GREAT time was had by all. This is the first on-line conference I've attended and, although I'm a tech-head, I was a bit wary of the whole concept. I mean, c'mon, I love sitting in front of the ...

    When hard times reached the Schneider household in central Oregon, the longtime stay-at-home mom took action - getting a job at Subway to offset a drop in her husband's earnings. What she didn't do was also notable: She didn't stop homeschooling her three teenage children. &n...

My daughter is in public school in 2nd grade. She is not doing as well as I know she can and I have been considering homeschooling her. Currently, her teacher is recommending summer school with even the potential of being held back. I have considered pulling her out of school now and sort of startin...

Boy, it sure has been quiet around here lately. It must be because my readers actually have lives, unlike myself. *rofl* … Hope everyone is well! Amanda had an appointment with the eye doctor yesterday… Jared and Alicia were still doing their lessons, so I stayed home with the older kids...

Today Mia was reading a story to me from her reading book for school. It's a little story about two friends who are playing golf together. It just so happens that they are golfing in the Swiss Alps. Well, Mia has never heard of the Swiss Alps, so this is how it came out: "Rolf wants to hit golf ball...