I don't know about you, but my boys go back to school tomorrow. (Tomorrow!!) I hope you enjoyed the last post about Homeschooling High School. (I remember being so nervous about the idea of homeschooling high school, but it has turned out to be a blast!) As promised, I am back today to give
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On Homeschooling High School
Homeschooling High School.... I am so happy to be sharing an awesome post by Jen McDonald today. I've been meaning to put some words together to share a homeschool post for a while now, and when I came across this post I was like "She said it better than I could!" I wanted to highlight all
How Brothers Become Best Friends
This is the last school year all four of my boys will be around on a daily basis. Change is in the air. My oldest, who just graduated high school, is currently taking a gap year to work, and work out the details of his college plans. He's in and out of the house, mostly independent, but still
Homeschool Updates 2016: Part II High School
I'm back today to finish my annual (give or take ;) ) homeschool update. In my last post I shared an update on what my elementary and middle school boys are doing, and now I'm here to talk high school. **At the end of this post I am also going to cover the details of how we keep records, and what
Homeschool Updates 2016, Part I/II: Elementary and Middle School
I've been getting a lot of requests lately, so I decided it's time... Time for a homeschool update. NOTE: If you are not a homeschool family or looking into homeschooling currently, I won't even try to pretend this post will be interesting. I totally excuse you to exit this one before
A Chore System, and Money Management for Kids: Our System, and a Video
I hear from a lot of families who struggle to find a simple AND effective system for getting their kids to do chores consistently. We would all love to find a system that does not involve constant nagging, or inconsistencies. (Or just giving up and doing it all ourselves because sometimes that's
5 Favorite Moments in our Homeschool Life
Our homeschool life is not perfect, but I can say that most of the time, I'm really happy with it. Most of the time I am so glad we do it. Most of the time I really love our daily groove. (If you read this post, you'll know that our schedule can be a little nuts, but much of that is due to surf,
A Typical Day in our Homeschool Life
A look at our typical homeschool days. :) I don't even know how to start this post. The first words I typed were "Oh dread." (I don't even say "Oh dread," but somehow I typed it.) Then I tried "It's complicated." and "There's a reason I haven't written this post before." But the people
