Some of the things I love about homeschooling are the opportunities I have to learn with my children about all sorts of big ideas – including our latest – the stock market. How did this subject most recently bubble to the…
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Can Homeschool Kids Get “Socialization”?
If ‘socialization’ isn’t THE number one question about homeschooling, I don’t know what is. Public schooling has been the norm for so long, doing outside of the norm might ‘screw up’ the kids. Might make them…weird. Maybe they will become…
10 Things to Know if You’re Considering Homeschooling
Thinking of homeschooling your children? Going back and forth about it? I started homeschooling my children just over a year ago. It was scary and liberating all at the same time. Here is a list of some things I’ve learned…
Is ‘Gay’ A Bad Word?
“Ma….is ‘gay‘ a bad word?”, my son asked me from the back seat as we made our way to a doctor’s appointment. There was a ton of traffic and it was just the two of us. He’s ten and I…
School Day Hunger
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Teresa Today, I read a story about a boy who asked his mother to start packing him an extra lunch for school. The mother learned that…
No More Homework!
Elementary school children are burdened with the worries and pressures of the strain of common core and it spills into the hours after the school day ends. It’s time to take back our children’s time in the afterschool hours and fill them with hope instead of homework worries.
