Yesterday my husband and I ditched the kids with my sister for a while and went on down to the Easter Market to snag our tickets for our big 10th anniversary date at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. They had Bogo Tickets which saved a lot less than we spent on child care and lunch but…
Homeschool
Homeschool Lessons in the Pool
Summer is in full swing and it is HOT. When summer hits education often takes a back step to just keeping cool and having fun. Only… It does not have to. You can teach your child while they play in the pool. Figuring out how to homeschool in the pool is half the fun. Make…
Child Led Learning? Unschooling?
I have a confession to make. I suck at this homeschooling thing. I got burnt out and just couldn’t do it anymore. I needed time to think, relax, allow myself the grace to just be mom and not, balance it all homeschool mom. The weather got warm and we ditched it all. No more sensory…
Invitation to Create: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
This year Mother Goose Time is doing this really cool new Invitation to Create thing. I may have been holding my breath waiting for the September box to see what they were about. The previews made everything seem so exciting. And I am here to tell you they live up to our expectations. I may have…
Food Groups Unit Study w/ Printable Food Sort Game
When it comes to teaching health at home the first topic most of us turn to is learning about food groups. To learn to balance our diets we need to learn what foods go where and why we need them. This month with Mother Goose Time we are enjoying the Food and Fitness theme. Last…
What to do With Extra Bananas
Extra bananas sound like a joke when you consider we shop in bulk to feed our large family. 5 pounds of bananas will disappear when we get in the door easy. We love bananas so much we even grew our own in Florida. Still, we occasionally get lucky and find a killer deal at the…
Tips for Turning your Home into an Educational Environment
When you choose to homeschool you make the choice to have your entire life consumed with learning. You quickly realize that children learn all day where ever they are and that means school becomes part everyday life even if that was not the plan. When we first started out we get up every morning and…
What Counts as a Homeschool Day?
When you first decide to start homeschooling you find yourself full of questions. How do you make sure your homeschooling is legal? How do you ensure your teaching your kids everything they need to learn? What about PE? Friends? How will I teach them subjects I am not good at? What counts as a school…
High Energy Tricks for Successful Homeschooling Kids with ADHD
If you have an ADHD child you know how full of energy they can get. Oh, the circles they can run before you even have time to brew that first cup of morning coffee. Getting them to sit still for a lesson is like pulling teeth. I know because I have been there. Every single…
Simple Ways You Can Afford to Homeschool
Many homeschool families are working off a single income. That means there may not be much for wiggle room in the budget and so many parents are scared off from homeschooling when they look at the price tags of the popular boxed curriculum programs. Break the cycle and you can homeschool for next to nothing….