We all want our kids to have a well-rounded education, right?  Homeschooling parents want plenty of opportunities for their kids to explore sports and other activities in addition to setting a high academic standard for them.   It all comes down to making sure they get everything the kids in public schools do, but kicking [...]

My daughter has avoided word games like the plague in the past. She really didn’t like doing plain word lists, or vocabulary lists. Last year I even asked a fellow home schooling mom to “teach” my daughter spelling because it was just a serious point of friction with us. This year, I tried a different [...]

So here we are; it’s back to school time again.  I wonder if this year I’ll find enough fascinating & fun things to keep my son interested in school.  Better yet, he needs to feel challenged by school, and that’s one of the things public school wasn’t giving him.  But can we really do any [...]

I think my daughter’s artwork is beautiful. She loves to draw and paint. Her drawing is pretty decent actually, but even if it were horrible it’s my job to love it, because I am her mother. It is also my job, as a parent and her home school teacher, to provide her with opportunities to [...]

There is no doubt that we can all use a little bit of support when it comes to home schooling. I know that I need all the support I can get! Support comes in many forms. Sometimes it is just a kind word, or a compliment on the behavior of our children. Sometimes it is [...]