Are your kids glad you homeschool? Are you? I remember facing long, stressful days when my kids were little, trying to teach one to read, while working on math, while nursing a baby, etc. And many were the days I would call my good friend, who had been through it all, and told her I […]
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Those of us who attended public school can remember the teachers that were great. The subject may not have been our favorite, but the atmosphere of a class where the teacher loved teaching, was wonderful. Of course, we can also remember the classes where no one, including the teacher, really wanted to be there. In
Our kids can’t know everything. As a homeschooling mother, this concept really stresses me out. I remember when my oldest was leaving the grammar years and entering into the next phase of learning, I was planning out our school year, and I panicked. I was bombarded with an overwhelming list of books that I wanted
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As our kids get older, it is important to recognize that they are, in fact, older. We can accidentally (or sometimes purposely), adhere to the old adage that children should be seen and not heard, and continue in it for far too long. When my kids were younger we had many teaching moments about conversations
