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Homeschooling & Working Full Time

Homeschooling & Working Full Time

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Homeschooling & Working: How to Balance Work and Teaching Working full time and homeschooling IS possible. Working full time and homeschooling can be a challenge. Whereas many families have one parent working and the other staying at home to homeschool, more families these days are making working and homeschooling a possibility. It just takes a bit of upfront organization and commitment. Anyone can work and homeschool with a bit of planning and support. From managing hours to working from home…

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How to Homeschool All Grades in One Day

How to Homeschool All Grades in One Day

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How can you teach all grades in one day easily and with organization? A friend of mine with four children recently asked me about the ideas I might have for homeschooling so many different levels in one day. And I realized that yes, those of us with multiple children are bound to encounter seasons of life when our children are all at very different levels. And it can get a little overwhelming sometimes. Right now my friend has an early…

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Homeschooling in the Kitchen: Home Ec Cooking

Homeschooling in the Kitchen: Home Ec Cooking

Get home ec cooking in your homeschool everyday… Whether intentional or unintentional is a great skill for anyone in any generation! For our family, cooking is a necessity. Three growing teen boys who are “starving” all the time, we have to cook and cook creatively. Otherwise, we’d be broke. Oh wait, we are. Never have I believed the sentiment more: “eating us out of house and home.” Whether you have a large family like us or a small one, cooking…

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When My Homeschool Becomes Disorganized

When My Homeschool Becomes Disorganized

Whether you just started homeschooling or are decades in, every homeschool has those seasons. There are many seasons in homeschooling (and in life!) that become disorganized. It can be anything from a mess in the schoolroom, to chaos in the curriculum and life in between. However, do not be discouraged. Getting organized starts with just a few steps: Ask Yourself: If you answered yes to any of the above, you may just need some organization help! It’s okay. At Home:…

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When Your Homeschool Schedule Goes Rogue

When Your Homeschool Schedule Goes Rogue

How to Reschedule and Evaluate your Schedule when it goes Rogue and Wild How to Fix Your Rogue Schedule Sometimes Life Happens… This year for us was a challenge for our typical organized school schedule. Each month we had another issue – from an unexpected injury to appliances breaking, then a car breaking down and sickness. But life happens. Although these issues can be solved and we continue forward, it still presents a challenge when it comes to homeschooling. The…

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Homeschooling 101: How to Start

Homeschooling 101: How to Start

Are you new to homeschooling? The first of your family to make the leap? Are you transitioning your children out of public school to homeschool? Whether you are scared, nervous, unsure, clueless or just need a starting point, here are our basics. Inspired by a family friend of ours who made the leap of faith to take her children out of public school. I heard her concerns and “what – ifs” and started a list. Because we have all been…

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How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons

How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons

Why this book is the only book you need to teach your child to read. Objective: To get your child to read independently and fluently with little to no help. All of our parent friends have chosen this book! This book is a must have for any parent wishing to see their child reading confidently in a fluid and thorough way. This book teaches the sounds of words but also has an intelligently engineered design. It is tailored to teach…

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How to: Top 10 Homeschooling Challenges

How to: Top 10 Homeschooling Challenges

Should I homeschool? What will I do about subjects and getting started? Starting homeschooling can bring a lot of challenges. Here are some of the challenges we have faced in our homeschooling journey through every season and how we are surviving. 1. Challenge: Endless Fatigue One of your children is raring to go at 6am allowing you to draw the conclusion that there isn’t enough coffee in the world. Then, suddenly one of your other children suddenly asks in their…

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Which Homeschooling Program is the Best?

Which Homeschooling Program is the Best?

The homeschool program that is best depends solely on you, your schedule and your children. What are your goals? Which homeschool program is best? Which program could work for me? We know families who do school with actual desks, paper, pencil and white board and it works fantastic for their kids. Others we know do un-schooling where literally everything in life is the lesson and standard textbooks don’t exist. For our family, we focus a lot more on independent work,…

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