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7 days ago

"Less Than and Greater Than"

“Comparison is the thief of joy” - Theodore Roosevelt. It was the first day of school and I couldn’t wait to eat lunch from my brand new...

Aug 30

Kids and Money

Did you get an allowance when you were growing up? As a young teen, I was awestruck at the notion of my peers getting five to ten dollars...

Aug 3

My Only "Beef" with Charlotte Mason

I love the Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling. The turn-of-the-19th-century educational guru was really on to something. I say yes...

Jul 19

(Don't) Begin with the End in Mind

The CoronaVirus has proven globally that things don’t always go as planned. The ramifications of this pandemic on our education system ha...

Jun 26

Good Housekeeping: It's for Kids

You may recall the second law of thermodynamics: “Every system left to its own devices moves from order to disorder.” When my third child...

Jun 4

A Mother-Daughter Secret Journal!

Below is the Prologue from “Our Secret Journal Revealed,” the book my daughter and I published a couple years ago when she was in college...

May 14

The #1 Key to a Successful Homeschool

My mom’s got a saying that she learned from her father: “first, first, and then first.” The refrain has become multi-generational, as our...

Apr 22

Homeschool Record Keeping Scrap Book!

Here is a SIMPLE way to keep records of what your homeschool students accomplished each year!

Apr 5

HomeSchool FUN During Covid-19

Perspective! Have you ever noticed how the elderly often look back on their difficult seasons in life with a hint of sentimental whispine...

Apr 5

Easy-to-Use Homeschool Schedule Template

Some of us parents are free-flowing and some of us are highly structured. In the homeschool realm, there are challenges if the scale is t...

Apr 5

WORD-Z the wacky word game!

What: A fun game for the family (that also teaches sentence structure... shhh! Don't tell them). Why: We designed this game because we lo...

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