Rejuvenate This Summer

Whether you are taking a week or two break or a couple of months off, summer is a great time to get rejuvenated! Here are a few tips to help you rejuvenate this summer:

Learning

Summer is a great time to learn or relearn what it means to educate — to touch base with why you want to home educate in the first place, and refocus on those things that are most important as a tutor.

Revisit what worked and what didn’t. Think of solutions to those things that were difficult last year.

Sizzling Summers ~ 8 Ideas for Making the Most of Summer

This summer, take a break and enrich family learning experiences.

Summer School for Mom Series

Our Summer School for Mom series provides ideas and tips to get you thinking and resources to encourage you.

A Homeschooled Mom

As a mother who educates her children at home, I cannot give my children what I do not possess. I have to become a homeschooled mom.

Helps for New Homeschoolers Series

Helps for New Homeschoolers: Thoughts — encouragement, pitfalls, and areas of focus — for those just starting out, from one who has finished.

Creativity

Homeschooling can really zap the creative juices. By the time summer rolls around most of us need a serious break. How do you stay creative? Here are a few ideas.

Why Your Children Need You to Remain Creative

Becoming one-dimensional drains our energy, diminishes our focus, and affects our entire family. Our children need us to remain creative!

12 Ideas for Inspiring Creativity

It is easy to fall into a rut — doing the same things day in and day out. Ready to liven things up a bit? 12 ideas for inspiring creativity:

18 Tips to Stay Creative & Inspired When Homeschooling

In a slump? Looking for inspiration? Here are 18 tips for remaining creative & inspired — Keep the spark lit!

Planning

One you have rested and become inspired, then it is time to pull out that schedule and get ready for next year. Planning is easier when you can focus on specific needs.