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by Kandis | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog Posts, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

One of our boys has decided that he hates all things writing. It’s not because he isn’t good at it or that he doesn’t understand what he needs to do. Rather, in his seven year old opinion, it takes too long and has no clear application to his...

Always Picture Books

by Kandis | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog Posts, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

There is a gigantic transition between learning to read and reading to learn. To successfully navigate this transition there are a multitude of strategies that children need to understand and use without prompting. Most people eventually manage to pick up the...

Simple Goal Setting

by Kandis | Jan 8, 2021 | Become, Blog Posts, Get Organized, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Happy New Year! You’ve had a few days to settle into feeling out 2021 and hopefully you’re settling into the new year nicely. I intentionally saved this blog post for after you were into the year a bit because there is nothing magical about January 1st....

Killing a Love of Reading

by Kandis | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog Posts, Do, Know, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

What’s in Huck Finn’s pocket on page 57? You don’t know? Neither did I in 10th grade literature class. And you know what? It still bothers me today. I had read the book and those that know me know I read it closely, it’s my nature. Yet, I got...

When is Enough, Enough?

by Kandis | Oct 22, 2020 | Become, Blog Posts, New to Homeschooling, Think, Values & Beliefs

Tough days come – often more frequently than we would like. Things that should be easy feel impossible. Simply getting everyone out of bed is a giant task. That subject that your child excels at has become a burden. School work is taking impossibly long. No one...

5 Ways to Combat “What Do I Have to Do?”

by Kandis | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

How many times did you hear “What do I have to do today?” or “How much more do I have to do?” today? If you’re here, I’m guessing that it is more times than you care to count. I wish I could say there is a one size fits all simple...
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