Managing homeschooling with different grade levels (and therefore different materials they need to work through) is not just dilemma that newbie homeschoolers have! I think it would be fair to say that the particular ways you manage multiple grade levels worth of curriculum can be continually changing as your kids gain more independence, and as…
What Are The Laws and Requirements for Homeschooling in My State?
Hello Monday! I can’t believe we’re only a few short weeks away form starting a brand new homeschool year. I for one am super excited! A lot of the questions I get asked by people considering homeschooling have to do with rules and requirements: What do I have to do to start homeschooling in…
How to Homeschool Big Kids with Toddlers and Babies Around
Happy Friday! Today I want to talk about homeschooling with toddlers/babies around. Little ones can sometimes make it harder to get into a good daily routine teaching their older siblings. Here’s a few things I’ve learned over the years that help: Utilize *down time* as much as possible for the more focused instruction….
How Much Time Should Our Homeschool Day Take?
Is there anything cuter than tiny little hands trying to write!?? ?? One question I see come up a lot in regards to homeschooling, is “How much time should it take?” I think most people have an understanding that traditional schools run from around 8am – 3pm, and feel like something is wrong when homeschool…
Getting Started with Reading & Math: Why Our Family Loves ReadingEggs and MathSeeds
So let’s talk the basics: Reading + Math. When we were just getting started homeschooling our oldest (Hayden, 6 years ago) I found a iPad app called ReadingEggs (which shares a site with MathSeeds.) It’s designed for ages 3 through 3rd grade: I was a little unsure of it at first, because it seemingly started…
Hello August
Hello August! ?? In just a few short weeks we’ll be starting up homeschool again, and my teacher heart has been having so much fun planning and getting everything ready ???. With all the uncertainty surrounding public schools, I’ve been getting a lot more messages about homeschooling. So, over the next few weeks I thought…
The Chalkboard of My [Homeschool Mom] Dreams
My homeschool mom dreams are coming true! ? We found this chalkboard years ago on Craigslist… it’s from the same local university where I got my degree! It used to be on a big metal rolling frame, but it wouldn’t fit in our new house that way. If you watch my Instagram stories you’ll know…
Printable ABC Alphabet Bible Verse Flash Cards
I’ve been on the hunt for some downloadable alphabet bible verse flash cards recently. There are actually quite a few options out there, but none were *quite* what I was hoping for, so I decided to make my own! We also just got our new Ecotank Printer a few weeks ago, so I went full…
Easter Bunny Masks
Like all of us who are trapped at home these days, I wanted to have some extra fun crafts for the kiddos to work on. They absolutely love painting with their watercolors, so I thought with Easter coming up it would be fun to do bunny masks! Using various free clip art, I put…
Our Homeschool Room: The Bookshelves
I could probably spend weeks in our homeschool room just tweaking all the books ha! There’s plenty left to organize, but at least they’re unpacked! I had no idea what I was going to do with our book stash when we moved (you might recall our built in desks/bookshelves we had in our last home)…