Life keeps chugging along with lots of changes, but the longer we use the Charlotte Mason method in our homeschool, the more I fall in love with it. I'm not a purist, but it is the core methodology that I use when choosing our books. This year … [Read More...]
Homeschooling
Teaching Textbooks – Homeschool Math Made Easy
I don’t know if anyone has told you, but having kids in 3rd, 1st, and preschool is about as hard core as when they were 5, 3, and 1. There’s a lot going on each day. Kids are by and large still in need of a lot of guidance, and there’s one of me … [Read More...]
The Year We Almost Quit (Again)
I've been here before. I've wanted to throw all this homeschooling out the window and have my days to myself. I wanted to stop having to fight children to do what is assigned each. and. every. day. We are wrapping up our 10th year … [Read More...]
Sisterhood and other things
Women get a bad rep for being catty, back biting, and petty. In truth, groups of women can absolutely be that way, and I've been witness to this myself. But women can also be the pillow with which you lay your head down and the firm mattress with … [Read More...]
Teach Teens Life Skills Online!
At the "teen mom school" I went to for my last two years of high school, they taught us how to balance a checkbook, make a budget, organize our bills, and other important life skills. Even back then I remember wondering if kids in the regular high … [Read More...]
