by Kandis | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Not Yet School Age, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
If you have been around Smart Simple Homeschool for a more than a minute, you know that I teach all comprehension strategies using picture books – yes, even to middle school and high school students. There is something powerful about picture books that allow us...
by Kandis | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Every year I start out with intentions of doing all the things all year long. You know the list – keep topic relevant library books in the reading baskets, have all of the science supplies for experiments before we need them, do all the art projects without...
by Kandis | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
As a homeschooling family there are so many different subjects to intentionally pay attention to that families frequently ignore a subject like PE. PE or, as some of you are probably more comfortable calling it, gym is more than just recess, running or free outdoor...
by Kandis | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Get Organized, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
I sit on the unpopular side of the fence in homeschooling in that I do believe that the work our children do should be graded. But, before you quit reading, hear me out for a moment because I don’t believe in traditional letter grades or percentages so we may...
by Kandis | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
I see you with that back to school ad mama. I also see your concern about your bank account and the giant pile of curriculum books that you are avoiding. August starts next week and let’s face it, everyone is talking about going back to school. Everywhere you...
by Kandis | Jun 15, 2022 | Become, Blog Posts, Get Organized, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
Children ask a million questions daily – or maybe hourly. And if we’re honest, we don’t know the answer to a few – or maybe most – off the top of our heads. So what do we do? Well, at some point, parent-teachers quit saying, “I don’t know” and “Let’s learn...
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