Did I Always Want to be a Homeschool Mom?
Did you know you always wanted to homeschool? Or did you wake up one day and discover you were teaching fractions in your nightgown and enjoying it?
Halloween Anatomy Lesson; A Gross Out Game of Pass the Parts
Seeing as though it’s the month of October, and all things spicy and creepy are wafting in the air, Is there need of any other reason to drop everything ‘curriculum’, paint our faces, light a fire, tell ghoulish stories, and roast marshmallows by...
I want to Homeschool, But I Don’t Want to Teach
I want to be the kind of homeschool mom who can wedge herself in between Webster’s Dictionary and a selection of Usborne Encyclopedia’s …and I’d just hop down from my shelf to run out and buy pre-sharpened Ticonderogas, arrange field trips, keep the WiFi running, and set out tea for the college recruiters. Anything’s possible….
The First Day of School is a Phantom Holiday The Homeschool Spark Endures
Do homeschooled kids feel the same spirit of the season? This time of year….the $1 bins are brimming with glue sticks and useless shaped erasers, I can’t help but feel the excitement in the air. Like Christmas. Seriously. It’s nostalgic and filled with possibilities! Or a phantom holiday…. like we had busted open a piñata and all that came out were pencil shavings and spelling words.
In a Moment of Weakness We Joined a Co-op
Hi, my name is Jennifer and I’m a super control freak. This is where they’ll say, “Welcome, Jennifer! Join us. Here is our schedule of events and the required reading list. Everyone is required to yadda yadda yadda…” And then I’ll...
The Sun Does Not Shine Out of My Arse; A Very Real Homeschool Day
We owe it to the homeschool newbies to keep it real… Some days all mine want to do is binge watch SpongeBob and gorge on peanut butter stuffed pretzels. And I’d like to hideout in my room and binge watch the back of my eyelids, but this stuff won’t learn itself!
Hi! I’m Jennifer…
…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!
