Did you make a reckless decision to homeschool? What seems reckless is often just the last straw on a pile of worry, grievance, and outrage. A final shove to get parents over the cliff of indecision.
To homeschool boys is to free them from a dispassionate classroom that treats their natural tendencies as defaults and largely ignores the way boys thrive educationally. A glimpse into the rollicking and thriving environment that sustains the fiery styles of learning when homeschooling boys.
A hilarious list of 101 homeschool lies we tell ourselves under the pressure for perfection and the desire for the outside world to pat us on the back. Dreams of educational success lead to grand expectations and impossible goals we can’t begin to complete when life gets in the way.
Homeschooling high school used to be an imaginary distant realm I pondered only when nosy strangers or worried relatives brought it up, or between 11pm and 3am on days of the week that end in y. “We will worry about it when we get there,” I’d say....
Everyone needs a best good homeschool friend. A friend that will listen to you lose your mind on the hard days without blaming your choice to homeschool. And friends don’t let friends complain alone. They join in with honesty, experience, and a sleeve of cookie dough.
Academic pursuit is a stationary exercise. Homeschooling is making me fat. As the kids age and their academic demand increases, so does the surface area of the homeschool mom’s rear end. Homeschool moms must get creative to keep moving as the kids get older. Here are some possible ways to get moving…
…writer & speaker of homeschool truth, humor and inspiration. Laugh along as I keep things ‘real’ about life as homeschool family. Turns out…you don’t have to raise goats or wear denim jumpers after all!