How much sleep do your children need? It might be more than you think! During the holidays, it is especially important to make sure your children get enough sleep. With the extra activities (and sugar) adequate downtime will benefit the entire family. Signs of regular sleep deprivation include: …irritability, difficulty concentrating, hypertension, obesity, headaches, and […]
Great Deal on My PERFECT Planner!
Planner sampling? Every year I try a new planner. Call me a perfectionist. I was looking for the PERFECT planner. Well, I found it!
4 Things You Need to Know to Educate Your Children
Education at its best is an impartation of knowledge, skills, and values. But that is just the beginning. It is also an implantation of the ability to teach oneself, to understand what is known — and what is yet to learn — and where to look for it. It is also by design, and therefore […]
10 Tips for Living on One Income While Homeschooling
We know first-hand that living on one income while homeschooling can be a challenge. But where there is a will there is a way! Here are our 10 tried-and-true tips for making it happen: 1. Stick to your budget. We have operated on a budget since nearly the beginning. It started before we had children […]
Why Multitasking Has a Bad Rap and 12 Tips for Using It
When I hear someone say something like (just one example from many to choose from): Stop multi-tasking. Multi-tasking is rarely effective and almost never leads to increased productivity. Whenever possible choose a task, take it to completion, and then move on to the next one. I always want to ask: Do you know a mother? […]
Why You Can’t Just Leave the Track
I have been running for decades. Hard to believe. Yes, there were years in there when running was confined to a treadmill, years that I walked instead, and even years when I didn’t lace up the shoes at all. But I’m still running. Real runners never leave the track…. Anyone who breaks that centuries-old chain […]
Why We Don’t Have to Stick to One Method
Searching for that perfect curriculum? Getting ready to dive right into that method that is going to really rock your homeschool this fall? Feeling angst because you know you can’t really afford that publisher’s full line? Guess what? We really don’t have to stick to one method! You have probably heard it too — “If […]
10 Kitchen Gift Ideas for the Homeschool Mom
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite homeschool mom? How about a kitchen gift gadget? We’ve updated the list of our 10 favorite kitchen gift ideas (+ bonus idea). These are those little things that make life easier — tried-and-true time-savers that we use around our own kitchen. And while you are at it, […]
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! But with a little planning and thought, we can spend Thanksgiving being … thankful. Here are 8 ideas for actually enjoying the Thanksgiving Holiday: 1. Slow down. The holidays can put us in overdrive. Instead, we can take a deep breath. […]
Finding Balance
Homeschooling requires finding balance. With all of the the focus on being productive, it is not surprising that we find ourselves on the cusp of complete and utter burnout! We have apps, roles and goals, lists, habits, more to do better, and frogs to eat. And our complete focus on pushing through and getting things […]
9 Possible Reasons Why You Are Too Busy
I’m not sure when I first started noticing it — it has been quite a few years. In the “old days” when you asked someone how they were doing, you typically received a smile, a warm thought, maybe the latest on family or friends or a shared interest. These days, if you ask someone how […]
20 Tips for Staying Organized
Today we are constantly hit with streaming, flashing, fast-paced content that tends to leave us distracted and anything but organized. Here are 20 tips for staying organized — but this is not your ordinary let’s-get-organized list…. Obviously, discipline is one key to staying organized. When it comes to getting organized, this is the area that […]
