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One of my very favorite things about homeschooling is the ability to tailor our methods and materials to fit our children’s unique needs and interests. My children aren’t forced to sit in a classroom for hours on end using books and materials that might not appeal to them at all. And if they come upon [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to answer a question that a fellow homeschooling mama asked in a group of which I am a part. She wanted to know what a ‘typical’ day looks like for our 4-5 year olds. Below is the response I gave: “Currently, we are not officially homeschooling our 4-year-old. She spends [...]
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Almost 16 years ago, I began a journey that I didn’t even realize I was embarking upon. All these years later, I know that it’s a good thing I couldn’t see into the future. If I had known all of the trials I would face, I might have chosen not to take the journey. I [...]
Lately, I’ve felt like I was doing just what you see in the photo above–spending lots and lots of money to feed my family! And the problem is that, even though we eat leftovers and try not to waste food, we are still using far too much of our income on food. We’ve cut way [...]
Lately I’ve gotten quite a few questions (on the Hip Homeschool Moms Facebook page) from moms who want to homeschool but whose husbands don’t approve. If you happen to be one of those moms, what should you do? I have some advice that you might want to consider and that I hope you find helpful. [...]
Lately I’ve heard from lots of homeschooling moms who wonder if they should take off the entire month of December because of their busy holiday schedules. They are a bit overwhelmed trying to do school, handle the house and laundry and all of those things that must be done on a regular basis all year [...]
It sometimes feels like our homeschooled children (because they are at home with us all day every day) love to challenge our authority! Many parents feel like this is a normal stage that our children must go through as they grow up. From toddlers to teens, most of our children at some time or another [...]
I’m sure there are some blessed homeschooling moms out there who homeschool their teenage sons and love it! I’m sure there are some of you who have teenage sons who enjoy doing their school work. They want to do a good job. They hope to please you. They keep up with assignments and papers and maybe even [...]
I have a confession to make. I am disorganized. I procrastinate. I do things like totally forget to feed lunch to my children. I’m a work-from-home, stay-at-home mom, but I desperately need my own personal secretary! (As I’m writing this, my hubby looked over my shoulder and read what I’m writing. I told him that [...]
CitiBlox is a game that my son and I recently tried out on my iPhone. It’s a logic game – which I don’t happen to be very good at. My 15-year-old son, however, is great at logic games! The screen is covered with a series of dots which are connected by straight lines. When the [...]
I was recently thinking about our new homeschool year and making a mental list of the things I need to do to prepare for it. Then I began to think about the things that didn’t go very well last year and how I can help make this our best homeschooling year yet! I came up [...]
Do you have a homeschooled high schooler? Is he behind where you’d like him to be at this point in his high school education? Do you worry that he won’t ever catch up or won’t graduate on time? Are you getting ready to begin this school year going full blast so you can get him [...]
I discovered LifeCubby at a homeschool convention I attended. To be honest, it caught my attention because I saw a sign that said, “Free!” I don’t usually see a lot of free things at conventions, so I stopped to get more information. I took a quick look to see what it was about, and saw [...]
At the beginning of June we brought you our Preliminary Reviews of Kidcoder & Teen Coder- Windows Programming. We are pleased to be back to give your our final reviews as well as a giveaway from the company! The folks over at Homeschool Programming Inc. are offering up for giveaway a first-semester title (Windows Programming) [...]
In my post on Monday, I promised to elaborate on my efforts to teach my children good study skills. Even though I studied a lot when I was in school, I still wasn’t really sure how to teach my children how to study. Learning has always come pretty easily to them, and they’ve never had [...]
This may sound like a strange question to ask. Let me explain: Both my son and my younger daughter are gifted students in certain areas. My son, age 15, encountered some subjects this past school year that were difficult for him. One of those subjects was math, and the other was science. Part of [...]
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I have had the opportunity to review a product that I believe to be very rare. When I first saw an ad for Homeschool Programming I stopped to look because I had never seen a computer programming curriculum for kids. Here are a few things that stood out to me right away: *Only basic familiarity [...]
My friend Jennifer recently started a Lilla Rose business with her girls. She and her girls came to visit and brought some of their products with them. We had so much fun looking through all of their inventory! They had so many beautiful clips, bobby pins, and hair clips that it was terribly hard to choose! [...]
Homeschooling is a tough job! It’s very rewarding and has many benefits, but it’s just not an easy thing to do. I’ve been thinking lately about what makes some families successful at it while others give up or think it’s just “not for them.” While my list is absolutely not comprehensive, here are a few [...]
As a mom who has homeschooled for 14 years, I often get questions from new or potential homeschooling moms. Most moms who homeschool their children honestly want to do what’s best for their children. They want to provide their children with the best education they possibly can while providing a safe and happy environment for [...]
It concerns me that many parents of teens feel like they “need” to send their teens to public or private school for the high school years. Parents sometimes make the choice to send their teens to school because they are worried that their children won’t be able to get into a good college. While that [...]
I’m so glad to have a chance to share a little of what I heard and learned at Blissdom with you! This post will only include a small portion of the information I want to share with you. I’ll share more in later posts, and hopefully the other Hip Homeschool Moms team members who attended will also share some of [...]
The past couple of weeks have been a little bit crazy at my house! I’m the kind of person who likes to have a plan and likes to stick to that plan if possible. It’s hard for me to be spontaneous, and it’s hard for me to “take it” when I have to change plans [...]
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