Enjoy an example of a homeschool nature study of bees and buzzy insects. The whole family can join in the Outdoor Hour Challenge fun! Homeschool Nature Study: Bees and Buzzy Insects As I wiped the counter clean of drips from the breakfast dishes, I spied, through the kitchen window, a bumblebee buzzing the pink mimosa […]
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10 Tips for Working Homeschool Moms: Balancing Work and Home
Homeschooling working moms have many rewards as well as challenges. Here are my top ten strategies for balancing work and home. Recently, I was chatting with a few of my friends and realized that, in the past year or so, many of us have gone from being stay-at-home moms (most who home school) to doing […]
5 Ways Homeschool Families Can Enjoy Simple Summer Nature Study
Enjoy simple summer nature study with these five ideas for homeschool families. Make sweet memories together noticing the joys of the outdoors. “Happiness is a quiet, perpetual rejoicing in small events.” ~ author unknown We’re putting the pause button on summer. One of the ways we are hanging on to summer is to savor nature. […]
A Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Christmas in July
It’s hot outside. Mosquitoes abound (at least here in the south). I bet you are fanning yourself as you are reading this. Ready for some cool thoughts for mid-summer? Our annual tradition of Christmas in July will have you and your children smiling. Christmas in July For Kids For one or two days right smack […]
10 Best Yard Sale Tips: Easy Frugal Decorating
Enjoy a homeschool mom’s best yard sale tips. This is a frugal way to decorate and you can find some great deals! It’s that time again…the beginning of spring and of yard sales! I get giddy just thinking about waking up early on a Saturday morning, putting hot, strong coffee in a take along mug, […]
10 Favorite Fun Ideas for Homeschool Summer Break
Hooray for summer! Here are 10 favorite fun ideas for homeschool summer break. Let’s make some memories! I’ll come right out and say it. I just do not understand homeschoolers who do “year round school.” (Although I certainly respect their right to do it!) I NEED A BREAK!!! While mothers with children in school may […]
Summer Ideas For Kids: A Chalkboard List For Your Family
Here are some fun summer ideas for kids and a chalkboard list for your family so it is easily seen. I love chalkboard. I also appreciate a good list. And so we created a chalkboard of summer prompts. A combination of the two! Summer Ideas For Kids: A Chalkboard List For Your Family Simple. Actions […]
The Best Shakespeare Resources For Your Homeschool: A Mom’s Guide
Teaching Shakespeare can be intimidating! The good news is, this mom’s guide to the best Shakespeare resources for your homeschool has everything you need to get started. And, studying Shakespeare with your children can be fun! The Best Shakespeare Resources For Your Homeschool: A Mom’s Guide With homeschool resources, teaching guides, encouragement and even art […]
The Many Benefits of Homeschooling
Sometimes we just need to stop and dwell on the many benefits of homeschooling. Here is a list to get you started. A list created during a regular sort of week homeschooling multiple ages. The Many Benefits of Homeschooling Sunshiney days are always good for homeschool, wouldn’t you say? This day of spring sunshine I […]
How to Make Seed Tapes For Your Homeschool Garden the Frugal Way
Here is how to make seed tapes the frugal way! My middle granddaughter and I just made some spring-time seed tapes like the ones in pricey seed catalogs. We decided that $14.00 was much too much to pay for this convenience, so we made our own! We used plain toilet paper! I made some tapes […]
Early Spring Flowers Homeschool Nature Study Activities
Spring flowers are in abundance now. All around the yard, in a glass in the middle of kitchen table and lining the roadsides. Those brilliant yellows, oranges and whites are highlighted by spring blue sky or are freshly washed after rain. Sometimes, they are offered up to me by little hands. “The best things are […]
Homeschool Mom Tips For Making Fine Arts Fun
Here are some day to day ideas and easy how-tos for making fine arts fun for the entire family! These homeschool fine arts plans are the resource that brought delight and joy to our days. It is what we all looked forward to when I was homeschooling all five of my children. It is what […]
10 Homeschool Science Fair Project Ideas
Enjoy this overview of 10 homeschool science fair project ideas. Like the display boards we love, these science fair projects are all an extension of what we were already studying in science. It was afternoon quiet time on a Tuesday. My daughter pulled… them… all… out. She set them up for display. All of the […]