Hi. I'm TERA. I don't know if I would call me a homeschooler. We aren't home nearly enough! I don't have a background in education! I HATE Kids! Just kidding. I love em, even when they show us how insecure and vulnerable we are. I still remember the panic, the fear and dare I say the emptiness I felt when I admitted We needed to homeschool our two oldest sons. I still couldn't admit that I wanted to! That thought just ... Read the Post...
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4 Tips to Bring Some Sanity Back to Your Homeschool
Do you ever just want to scream, “Just tell me what to do so I can do it!”? That’s what I felt like when I first started homeschooling. I wanted a cookie cutter answer for all my questions. My head hurt from all the questions I had swirling in there. I felt like homeschoolers even had their own language: HSLDA, Charlotte Mason, Classical, Course of Study, Scope & Sequence, Unit Studies, and more! I now call this ... Read the Post...
Homeschooling with a Routine Instead of a Schedule
Sunday night you are ready for the Homeschool Mama wins. If you're like me, maybe you have a comfy chair you sit in like a queen coming up with the plans to conquer a new kingdom. The plans have been all worked out, instead of conquering a kingdom you plan to educate minds, only slightly less or more intimidating depending on how confident you're feeling. Planner in hand you look down at your perfectly mapped out goals ... Read the Post...
How to Create Homeschooling Lesson Plans
What is a lesson plan? Let’s compare a lesson plan to a recipe. If you want to bake a cake, you follow a recipe. The recipe tells you what you need and the steps to follow for a successful bake. The same might be said about a lesson plan. It’s a recipe for success. It’s a plan of action. It tells you what you need and the steps that should be followed. Sounds simple, right? Well, it really is with a little forethought ... Read the Post...
Homeschooling Little Ones – Toddlers to Kindergarten
When most people think of homeschooling, they tend to think of older children. Initially, I did because I didn't know much about it. Years ago, my cousin was the only person that I knew homeschooling. I had never planned on homeschooling. Yet, here I am homeschooling little ones, two toddlers. What a journey it has been. I've had people ask me when I was going to start homeschooling them. When I tell them that I already ... Read the Post...
How to Create Your Perfect Homeschool Space
There are few things that get homeschool mamas more excited than curriculum shopping and designing a homeschool space. It's the promise these things hold. The promise of a magical year coming up. Homeschool mamas are some of the most optimistic women there are, and there is nothing that says hopeful more than custom designing spaces while dreaming of the fun days ahead with our kids. Written by Kirstee Raki of This ... Read the Post...
4 Tips for Homeschooling a Child with a Chronic Illness
When I started homeschooling sixteen years ago, I never realized exactly how perfect it would be for my family down the road. At the time, I was homeschooling two healthy, rambunctious little boys. A few years later, I added a healthy baby girl to the mix. Fast forward to two years ago and I had a graduate, a high schooler, and a middle schooler. I also had a child battling health issues that were impacting not only ... Read the Post...
Simple Way to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
Yay! It's the first day of summer, I’m sure you have a long list of summer fun days planned. I know we do! We have more things that we want to do than days to do them. It just goes so fast. We want to go to the beach, head out for a fun weekend of camping, have fun at the zoo and maybe have a picnic or two. It really doesn't much matter what we do or how we spend our summer days as long as we are together having ... Read the Post...
Homeschooling Is Heart Work
Post written by Ed Miller of the National Center for Biblical Parenting I spend a lot of time interacting with homeschool parents at conventions, through parent coaching and on social media. My wife Joanne and I homeschooled our boys all the way through and now they are mature, loving and responsible adults. We’ve walked on a similar road to the one you’re traveling right now. Time and again we hear parents tell us that ... Read the Post...
8 Top Tips for Year-Round Homeschooling
If you've been homeschooling for any length of time, you've probably heard about year-round homeschooling. It is a popular approach to Home Education that throws out the public school schedule and forgoes the long summer break. It's nothing short of awesome sauce. But I often hear about concerns and challenges with year-round homeschooling. Ones like this: "What about summer fun?" "Won't the kids get burned ... Read the Post...
Homeschooling High School – Relax, You CAN Do It!
Homeschooling High School can intimidate even some veteran homeschoolers. When I started homeschooling high school 5 years ago, I would think of the millions of things that could go wrong, as a result of me not choosing the right curriculum, not assigning the right credit, or not meeting college requirements. I just didn’t want to deal with any of it, specially as a brand new homeschooler. Turns out, I had no ... Read the Post...
4 Secrets for Balancing Homeschooling and Working Full Time
Most likely if you are homeschooling and working full time, your time is very limited. So creating lessons for your children is quite a challenge. Whether you are a seasoned homeschooling parent and just started working full time, or you are already a working mom looking to start homeschooling for the first time, these tips will enable you to plan productively and save you some additional stress. 4 SECRETS FOR ... Read the Post...
The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling Time Management
When I started homeschooling my oldest for preschool, I figured I would have loads of time. I was teaching one three-year-old. How hard could it be? It turns out it was very hard. I got to the end of the day and had no idea what I'd done. I just knew I was exhausted. In the 17 years since then, I've learned a lot about homeschooling and how to manage my time. If you're beginning your homeschool journey (or just feel like ... Read the Post...
How To Handle Homeschooling When It Gets Hard
For most homeschoolers, there isn't much separation between "life" and "school". This can be both hard and a blessing! No matter how much we plan (or not :) ) "life" has a tendency to throw curve balls at us. Here are a few real-life experiences we've had in our homeschool journey. - An extended time of illness or physical pain for Mom or Dad - The birth of a new baby - The whole family being sick - A death of a ... Read the Post...
Planning Your Homeschool Year in 6 Easy Steps
One of the first steps in getting ready for your new year of homeschooling is putting together a plan of action. When you are just beginning (and even if you are a veteran), this part can be somewhat overwhelming. Here are 6 steps to successfully planning your homeschool year. Planning Your Homeschool Year: Step 1. Schedule Your School Year. To start your planning off, you get to decide what your school year is going ... Read the Post...