Is flexible or strict homeschooling the better approach? A strict school schedule may be very difficult to keep consistently and could cause stress. On the other hand, home educators may feel that they are letting down their student if they have to do school at a variety of different times or on weekends and [...]
When you're new to homeschooling, it's invaluable to have people there to help you. Whether recommending curricula, giving advice, or just being there for you, it's a vital resource. So, when you're the experienced hand and you see someone new, it's important to be there to help them, too. Today, we'll be discussing the importance of mentoring new homeschoolers.
New Year, New You for homeschool parents is a lot different than the New Year, New You posts aimed at everyone else all over the Internet every January 1. Most of these “helpful” posts link to some program that will cost you precious time and money to improve your mental or physical health. For [...]
When you decide to homeschool, you feel like you're making the best choice for your child and your family. But sometimes you can face pushback from more traditional family members. Often, it's genuine curiosity, but just as often it's not. How can you handle family members intruding into your homeschooling? And how far is [...]
As homeschooling parents, we're fiercely independent. But that can sometimes lead us to isolation when times are hard, feeling as though we have to go it alone. But you don't have to. Today, we discuss the importance of taking care of your mental health as a homeschooling parent and share how we maintain our mental health.
In today's repost, we're offering the best advice you can read on record keeping and report cards for homeschoolers. As homeschool parents, we know that it's important to keep records for our high school students so that we can create a spectacular transcript for them. But we also know that record-keeping can be a [...]