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Picture Book Favorites – Winter Edition

by Kandis | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

There is no such thing as a bad day to curl up with a good book or to read aloud with my kids but my absolute favorite days to snuggle in beneath the blankets and read are the cold snowy days that we get nearly every winter in this part of Ohio. When we are snowed in...

Snack Time – AGAIN?

by Kandis | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

Y’all the most expensive part of homeschooling in our house is the extra food that we to buy because the boys are home all the time. Since they are here, they get to expend tons energy with extended outdoor play time and lots of physical exercise indoors when...

Read Together Even When They Can Read Themselves

by Kandis | Dec 21, 2022 | Become, Blog Posts, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

It is a glorious and proud parent moment when you realize that you child now reads well enough to go and read a book to himself without your help. You now have the freedom to give your child a book and walk away knowing that he can read it and you all can come back to...

Tools of the Trade

by Kandis | Nov 30, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Every profession has tools of the trade and being a learner is no different. Just as professionals each have their own set of tools and no two tool bags look exactly alike, each learner needs their own personal tool kit. Example of Tools for Younger Students- Number...

I’m Not the Lunch Lady

by Kandis | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

One of the first things that I realized as a homeschooling mom is that I cannot possibly do all the things all the time. When we started homeschooling, we had two boys in elementary school [first and third grade], a preschooler and a newborn and quite honestly by the...

When Sitting is Necessary

by Kandis | Nov 2, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, New to Homeschooling, Playful Homescholing, Younger Elementary

If you’ve followed Smart Simple Homeschool on social media, you’ve likely seen photos of my kids laying on the floor working on something, standing at the kitchen counter with math books, in a chair at the kitchen table with a book, sprawled across the...
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