Grading
Really? You can't possibly need to grade anything yet. Just kidding--this section is coming soon! Check back for great tips on grading....
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What About the Special Days?
It might sound lame, but it's a legitimate concern! If we homeschool...what about our first day of school pics? ...what about class...
Making a Daily Schedule
My former career as a public school teacher might have harmed me more than helped me when it came time to make a schedule for our days. I...
A Personalized School Calendar
Please visit the first post, about school calendar options. Then come back here and we will wrap up your calendar planning for the year....
Let's Make a School Calendar!
(I really love this part.) (I fully acknowledge my nerdiness.) If you have made it this far on my website, you must have decided to go...
What About Sports?
This has actually been a really hot topic in the homeschool community for some time. There are many parents who want their children to be...
What About Socialization? (Part 2)
Now that I hopefully painted a picture for you of how homeschoolers get their interaction in, let's talk about how that interaction...
What About Socialization? (Part 1)
Time to tackle the big one. Homeschoolers hate this question, by the way. Homeschoolers roll their eyes about this question. Yet,...
What Is This Going to Cost?
Oh boy, here we go. Doesn't everything seem to come down to money? So here is my disclaimer that: It depends on where you live. It...
What If I'm Not Qualified?
When you think about homeschooling your children, are there any subjects that scare you? For me that was high school math and science. I...
How Can I Teach Thee? Let Me Count the Ways...
My apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but her poem inspired me today. There are so many ways to homeschool! Some I love. Some I do...
What Grade Is My Child In?
This might seem obvious. If your children were in public or private school last year, just add one and that's their grade level, right?...
A Space for You
If you, the reader, will be the homeschool teacher you will need to set up a few things for yourself. Now you will likely not need a...
The Things I Didn't Know a.k.a. The Benefits of Homeschool
I think homeschooling is just a bit like marriage in that you can't really know what it's like until you are there. You can imagine how...
Bust a Homeschool Myth
Let's bust some homeschool myths today, shall we? Person: Oh, I could never do that! Me: I've heard this so many times. I get it. I went...
Where Will I Teach?
We've been responsible so far. You've looked into your state's homeschool laws to be sure you were compliant. You've planned out your...
Help! We've Decided to Homeschool
Great! You've come to the right place! Now what? Right? First of all, don't panic. Don't overwhelm yourself reading everything on the...
Not Everyone Should Homeschool
There, I said it. Did you think since I was all pro-homeschooling that I thought everyone should be involved in home education? Well, I...
Let’s Talk About Remote Learning
I don’t know how things went in your school district during the pandemic, but around here kids spent a lot of time on their tablets. With...
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