Category: Homeschool
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How to Find Some Flexibility in a Pre-Scheduled Curriculum
Do you use a homeschool curriculum that’s neatly scheduled out for you over four or five days? It’s awesome, isn’t it? I love opening up my lesson book and seeing exactly what I need to accomplish over the day. Bible, Math, Language Arts, Science, History, Art, Composer Study, Geography — even activities for my preschooler! —…
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The Perfect Homeschooling Planner
If you enjoy this post, be sure to check out my next post: How to Find Some Flexibility in a Pre-Scheduled Curriculum Do you want to know that absolute best thing I did last year to keep myself sane while homeschooling? I scrapped the pre-scheduled lesson plans and I used a reverse lesson planner instead. A reverse…
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How to Create a Daily Schedule that Lets You Breathe
In my mind, everything is 10 minutes from my house. All of our favourite libraries are a 10-minute drive. Last year’s science coop was 10 minutes away. Back when I worked, our store was a 10-minute drive from my house. Coming home was twice as fast, though, thanks to a handy one-way street — just…
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A Simple French Curriculum for Homeschoolers
I wanted to learn French when I was in school. I mean, I really wanted to learn French. I took French all the way through high school, all the way to Grade 13. At the time, I thought I was okay at it. I got good grades. I could read French novels and write French…
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Jars of Candy Cane Cocoa: An Easy Gift to Make with Kids
This post is for letter “J” in the 2016 ABCs of Homeschooling Through the Holidays series on Life of a Homeschooling Mom. Click here to see all posts. It is HARD to stick to the lesson plan when the holidays are in full swing. Sometimes I’m so preoccupied with Christmas planning that days come up where I…
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An Organized Space for an Unorganized Homeschooler
I read that chronically late people tend to be optimists. This makes sense, of course. We’re always positive that things will go smoothly with no disruptions at all. What’s that? I need to be across the city for our lesson in 10 minutes? No problem! Sorry, what? No, of course I’m not in the car yet. I’m…
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Wayfarers: My Pick for a Charlotte Mason Homeschool Curriculum
Oh my goodness, this turned into a MONSTER post and I keep adding things that I forgot! Like humour, which apparently didn’t come easily to me at 2:00 am when I published this beast. Unless you’re one of the grandparents who is secretly panicking about my children’s education, I don’t expect you to read the entire…
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Stop Feeling Like the Family Chauffeur
The year-end dance recital was last Saturday, so like moms everywhere, my week was a blur of rehearsals, sequins, makeup, and hairspray. And that was just me. That’s right, I danced. On stage, in front of hundreds of people, I stumbled across the stage in a sparkly Irish dress that was used in a dance competition some…
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Letter from a Homeschooling Mom
School moms, I don’t know how you do it. You know, the rumours about homeschooling moms are true: there are days where I don’t get out of my pyjamas. On those days, my kids and I might snuggle up under a blanket on the couch with a cup of tea and our lesson books. We’ll leisurely…
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Adding Poetry to our Day
If you enjoy my post, be sure to check out how we use Wayfarers, a history + EVERYTHING curriculum from the same publisher! Forest, my one year old, didn’t fall asleep until 8:30 last night, leaving me absolutely no time to get to my homeschool meeting which ended at 9:00. Well, I still went, of course.…