As a homeschooling mama, health I wish I had $1 for everytime I’ve heard someone say: “But what about socialization?” It’s the age old anti-homeschooling response. When I was new homeschooler, I felt the need to prove to these critics that my children would be very well socialized. So what did I do? I signed them up for every extracurricular activity under the sun. Here’s … [Read more...] about Are Your Kids Socialized?
What Are You Waiting For? Just Jump In!
We did a month of school in June and decided to wait until September to "officially" start up again. I see the blog posts, Instagram pics, and Facebook updates of other moms who are ready to go or they've already started their new year. It seems like they have organized their curriculum, planned their lessons and started their school year already. Me? I haven't … [Read more...] about What Are You Waiting For? Just Jump In!
Homeschooling During Life Challenges
One of the many reasons that I love homeschooling, is the freedom to be able to homeschool through the different life challenges that pop up when you least expect it. Whether it be bringing home a new baby, a chronic illness, a death of a loved one or moving. For us, it happened with the latter. We moved 1500 miles cross-country. There are many ways you … [Read more...] about Homeschooling During Life Challenges
Culinary Discoveries
Food is something necessary for our survival but can also be delicious and fun. When you incorporate food into your lessons, you add the sense of taste and often also smell, sight, sound, and touch as well. The more senses are involved, the better your child retains the information. There are so many ways to use food to enhance your homeschool adventures. Here are just a … [Read more...] about Culinary Discoveries
Planning Field Trips for Science
One time I was asked what my favorite subject to teach was. I had a hard time answering the question because I love science and history. Both of them are such exciting subjects to me, and incredibly easy to make hands on. Today science is on my mind because we had our first field trip this week. We went to a local rescue zoo. We took notebooks, and colored … [Read more...] about Planning Field Trips for Science