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How Do I Fit Things In

by Kandis | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Values & Beliefs

Groceries, quiet time, cooking, exercise, cleaning . . . A mom’s list is never ending. How can you fit it all in? The truth is you can’t. Wait, what? Well, let me come at that again, you can’t if you are trying to do it all every day. So, how do you...

Wonder Woman Unmasked

by Kandis | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Values & Beliefs

The house is clean and tidy, not an item out of place or dirt smudge on a door. The school age children are all sitting diligently engaged in a hands on cross curricular project. The littles are laughing and giggling surrounded by a neat pile of wooden blocks and mom....

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...

When Things No Longer Look “Normal”

by Kandis | Sep 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Values & Beliefs

Ever feel like you’ve been dropped out of the familiar and into the unknown? You know, like when Dorothy found herself somewhere over the rainbow, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!” I can...

Grading – When should I do it?

by Kandis | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Do you have a process for checking your child’s work? Without one, you’ll find that the quality of work your child does quickly decreases and that they may not be learning as much as you thought. It is easy to assume that if a child isn’t asking for...

Does My Teacher Know the Rules?

by Kandis | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, New to Homeschooling, Values & Beliefs

Back to School, Back to School, Does My Teacher Know the Rules? Do you know the “rules” for your homeschooling time? Are you going to have a start time? What about snacks, when are those available? Breaks – are they something that is offered, when?...
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