For your child who is a tinkerer, there may be a variety of ways they approach the day to day. Is the house filled with half done projects or experiments all over? For us, life with a tinkerer is: How you teach a tinkerer Guide them and give them structure but allow them to figure out how to safely experiment within their means and within their age range and capacity while also building autonomy and finding out how things work….
Yes for Homeschooling Year-Round While most public school kids are spending months winding down the year and doing activities or year-end parties to end for the summer, year-round homeschoolers continue as normal. While it may make you stand out more or provide questioning glances, year-round has always been a yes for our family, and I will tell you some great reasons why. Maybe you are already a homeschool family and homeschool year round or are a “school year” family with…
Many families choose to start homeschooling their child around the 3-4 year mark because pre-school is coming up and many of the learning is already taking place in the home. Whether you are intentionally teaching your Pre-K & K child or not, your child is learning and growing. There are not many major concepts that your pre-school or kindergarten child needs to know so don’t worry, it’s all about creating a loose schedule and establishing a foundation for learning. The…
The basics of homeschooling your elementary student in the day-to-day After you teach your child to read and they have the basic foundation to the day to day – it’s time to start a real schedule. Don’t be overwhelmed, it’s not that hard. Remember with elementary kids, school is still just the foundation, so it’s not rocket science. What does your elementary (1st-5th grade age) student need to know? The breakdown: Most elementary students are young enough to begin learning…
Question 1: Where do I start? So are you thinking about homeschooling but you don’t know where to start or how to get it going? The best place to begin is just with “how to homeschool” in a search engine. It’s not as scary or as daunting as you may think. Being informed is the best way to start. You probably already know someone who homeschools in your circle of friends. Also – some of the reasons you may want…
Day 1 and I’m already sold. Why? Because the system works. I won’t make a complete decision yet, but I think we are already winning at life with our new basket system. Why didn’t we start using this system sooner? Simply put, we didn’t know we needed it yet. Because you don’t know what you don’t know! What makes this system so much more effective? It’s simplicity. It’s true that simple is often better. Simpler Grading No more searching for…
Resources mean many different things for many people. In the homeschool world, resources can be anything from notebooks to the internet to glue. The point is, every homeschool family knows, you need lots of resources and a variety of them in order for the day to day teaching to occur. Flashcards for math? Crayons for maps? Websites for review? Journals, binders, craft sticks for this week’s history project? The list goes on and on. I never used to think I…
What are the greatest reasons to homeschool? There are many and we couldn’t list them all, but here are some of our top five reasons that are honest and real. Reason 1: Homeschooling Provides Tailored Learning Your content, your approach – One of the greatest reasons to homeschool is tailored learning. Who doesn’t want a learning experience tailored specifically to their individual needs, strengths and weaknesses? There is a reason that private tutoring has always been popular and effective. When…
How do I homeschool effectively without breaking the bank? There can be challenges that come up in homeschooling, and one of the largest is how to homeschool on a tight budget. Most of the time when we choose to homeschool, one of the parents has to to stay home for the majority of the time. Needless to say that this will impact the budget of any families out there that are more accustomed to having dual incomes. That brings us…