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Our Middle School Plans 2019-2020
My brain hurts!!!! Let me just say that I do love the way we have set up homeschooling in our home. I think letting the kids have a huge part in the planning of what they learn is important. But y’all… my brain hurts! Customizing, orchestrating, choreographing four individual school years is tough. There has been some negotiating. There has been some bargain shopping, some swapping of skills, some creative piecing together going into this school year. I am one tired mama. I shared already about our Elementary School Plans… well… I already changed that up a little. So… I cannot promise that what I share in this post is…
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Our Elementary School Plans 2019-2020
I have learned over the course of our homeschooling adventure to be prepared… to plan… but to hold to those plans loosely. I do not know what this coming year holds. I hope that it is not full of surprises. I hope that my kids stay healthy and my husband’s business continues to thrive. I hope that we have another year of healing and steadfastness. In that hope, I’ve planned a few things for my younger girls for this coming school year. I’ll share in future posts about our middle and high school plans. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I have a highschooler. Each…
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As the Sun Sets on Summer
Do you remember in the days before social media and the internet how you would come back to the school in the fall, ready to share with your friends about all the things you did over the summer? There was no Instagram or Facebook or Snapchat to document all the things you did and ate. You had a break from the rhythm of school to reset and recharge. I remember returning to college each year and being so excited to find my friends and talk about all the things. Email was becoming more common… but cell phones still weren’t the norm… people didn’t text all the time. Ah… those days…
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Different Styles of Homeschooling Explained
Homeschooling is growing in our country. It is a completely valid and effective way to educate our children. It is legal in all the states. If you do not know the law as it pertains to homeschooling in your state, I would highly recommend familiarizing yourself. Homeschooling is beautiful and can bring so much joy in your life. It can also be incredibly overwhelming, especially when you are starting out. There is a pressure we feel as homeschool parents, mostly put on ourselves by ourselves, to not screw this up. We feel that there is no one else to blame and if we do not produce amazing, talented, geniuses, we…
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How To Combat Summer Boredom… Don’t
I have spent the last ten months of my life teaching these children, planning events, toting them around all over town to soccer practice, play rehearsal, the goat farm, youth group, play dates, enrichment classes, field trips, field day, celebrations, park days, and so. much. more. I am on summer break just as much as they are. I have a list of things I cannot wait to accomplish. I have a stack of books to read. I have a book study I want to participate in with other moms. I have paintings I want to paint and t shirts I want to make and blog posts I want to write.…
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Film School 4 Teens- Intro To Filmmaking
Last year when I attended the NCHE Thrive Conference, I shared in one of my talks about my son’s new found love of filmmaking. A good friend had been taking time to teach him the basics of film editing. This friend had also given my son a camera and a tripod to get him started. I shared in the talk about how my son had become so involved in film making that he was “doing school” and didn’t even realize it. He was learning the basics of good story telling, computer skills, editing skills, how to handle a camera, how to handle a cast and crew, and so much more.…
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What I’m Reading- Where the Crawdads Sing
I follow several bloggers on Facebook and Instagram that are homeschool friendly and conservative in their views on life at large. When I see them post about a book, I typically take note. I will head over to the Overdrive app on my iPad and see if the book is available to check out. When I looked up Where the Crawdads Sing, it was unavailable and I put it on hold. I was something like number 700 and there were only 2 copies available. I promptly forgot about the book and moved on. A few months later, I got an email that a book I had put on hold had…
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What I am Reading: Starting a Micro Business for Teens
I am blessed to be part of a large homeschool support group in Western North Carolina. Our group has been vital in our homeschool life across the board… socially, academically, emotionally. I can say with confidence that our homeschool story would be much different had we not found this group. Every year we take part in our group’s enrichment classes. They are parent taught which is really cool because we have so many gifted people in our group with a variety of interests. Our classes serve babies through high school. Although my degree is in Early Childhood Education, I have discovered over the last few years how much I love…
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When the Homeschool Conference is Over
I look forward to the last weekend of May every year. The NCHE Thrive conference is our state homeschool conference. I, admittedly, have not been to many homeschool conferences, expos, or conventions. My first experience was when my oldest had just turned five and we were just getting our feet wet. It was overwhelming. I wanted to buy all the things. The speakers were all also representatives of curriculum companies. Every talk I went to left me feeling like I HAD to buy what they were selling or I. WOULD. FAIL. One thing I love about the NCHE Thrive conference is that the talks are not seller driven. Some of…
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The Art of Nature Study
I know so many people who stress out so much about working everything into their homeschool life. We homeschoolers want to make sure we get all the school things done. One of the questions I see come up over and over again in homeschool groups and forums that I am part of is “Am I doing enough?” … or some variation. Everyone wants to make sure they do it all… Bible, Science, Art, History, Grammar, Literature, Math… ALL. THE. THINGS. What if school didn’t have to fall into so many categories. What if the subjects beautifully merged. What if science and art intertwined. Literature can come and join the fun…
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