Category: How-To
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4 Things You Need to Know to Educate Your Children
Education is an individual journey. But it happens through shared life experiences and relationships.
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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Persuasive Essay
A persuasive essay seeks to change opinions on a topic. It reflects the opinion of the writer and typically includes the following elements:
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20 Ways to Choose a Creative Writing Topic
Let them choose a topic: 20 ways to choose a creative writing topic.
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10 Tips for Living on One Income While Homeschooling
Living on one income while homeschooling can be a challenge. But where there is a will there is a way! 10 Tips for Living on One Income While Homeschooling
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Interacting With Literature: Cause & Effect
Students can develop their thinking and reading skills by interacting with literature to understand cause and effect.
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Why Multitasking Has a Bad Rap and 12 Tips for Using It
Multitasking seems to have picked up a bad rap in the last several years. But like everything else, it is possible to use it for good!
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Why We Don’t Have to Stick to One Method
Getting ready to dive right into that method that is going to really rock your homeschool this fall? We really don’t have to stick to one method!
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Gift Ideas for the Homeschool Mom
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite homeschool mom? We’ve updated the list of our 10 favorite kitchen gift ideas (+ bonus idea).
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8 Ideas for Enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday
If we’re not careful, Thanksgiving can end up being an over-stressed, over-indulgent, over-chaotic holiday!
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Finding Balance
Homeschooling requires finding balance. With all of the the focus on being productive, our complete focus on getting things done is killing us.
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Activity: Exploring Shapes
Suggestions for exploring simple shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and more.
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Grammar Workshop: Portmanteau Words
A portmanteau is combining two words that touch on a meaning to create one word that conveys the meaning exactly.
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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Descriptive Narrative
14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Descriptive Narrative. Nonfiction that attempts to entertain, bringing the reader along.
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9 Possible Reasons Why You Are Too Busy
9 possible reasons why you might find yourself too busy ~ and how to fix that!
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20 Tips for Staying Organized
20 tips for staying organized — but this is not your ordinary let’s-get-organized list….


