Mornings start late and chaotic now that we are a month into our homeschool year. Usually we would have some kind of routine by now but I can honestly say I don’t see a routine on the horizon unless I could somehow triple myself. Thankfully I had already prepped myself mentally for a tough year because that… Continue reading 6 Things Saving My Homeschool Sanity
Last school year I sharpened new pencils with a resolved calm on the outside but my insides were churning like the pencil sharpener. I had it easy for a while with a Baby or Toddler almost always hanging out while I taught, but my school age kids were so little it hardly mattered. The one on one attention I was… Continue reading Morning Time: A Time For Accidental Education
Little known fact about homeschool moms is that a good number of us start back to school planning about halfway through the school year. From September on through May, my gears are turning as I consider what is working and what isn’t working. Because sometimes things just aren’t working! Before the school year has… Continue reading Toss, Keep or Add: Planning & Purging Your Homeschool Year
Last Summer I had dreaded the school year with anxiety for the first time since I had begun Homeschooling. Not because I doubted my abilities but because I had a Toddler and an Elementary age child to teach at the same time along with a Preschooler and Kindergartener. Toddlers are intimidating creatures and I was nervous about… Continue reading My Toddler Ate The Busy Bag: Surviving Homeschool With Toddlers
