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Same Content, Different Expectations

by Kandis | Mar 22, 2023 | Blog Posts, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

When you have several different children, finding ways to teach the same content to multiple children at the same time is a life saver. If you try to keep every subject separate for every child, you’ll find yourself drowning in planning and pulled in a thousand...

Stand Firm

by Kandis | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

To form an opinion one must analyze and evaluate the available information before creating a personal thought. Then when defense is required, one must evaluate the strongest support for the chosen argument. While being able to form an opinion is an important skill to...

Burning Questions

by Kandis | Feb 8, 2023 | Blog Posts, Do, Know, Learn, Playful Homescholing, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

Kids ask an inordinate number of questions every day. What’s for dinner? Why is the sky blue? Can a grasshopper jump up to our deck? Why do people like non-stick stkillets? Is it better to use parsnips or carrots with pork? Can you make cookies puffier if you...

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...

Quality Control

by Kandis | Jan 11, 2023 | Become, Blog Posts, Do, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

One of the amazing benefits of homeschooling is that school does not have to take seven hours a day. Don’t get me wrong, we have an occasional long day that stretches to the length of a traditional school day but those days are the rare exception. One downfall...
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