Category: Growing Up

What Second Grade Looks Like in our Homeschool…Really

We just moved our second second-grader up to third grade. Since the experience of second grade is so fresh in my memory, I thought I

How to Facilitate Conversation in the Upper Elementary Homeschool – 3 Key Steps

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” Henry David Thoreau This

Simple Ways to Encourage Conversation with Early Elementary Students

This entry is part 46 of 46 in the series Homeschool

Please don’t tell me I am the only parent to kids who, when asked a simple question, stand in a solitary spot, squirm, and stare

Holiday Extras in our Homeschool: Christmas Carols Made Easy

This entry is part 45 of 46 in the series Homeschool

This Christmas we will be working as a family in our homeschool to learn Christmas Carols together – it is such a fun new tradition!

Important Advice from a 3-day Kindergarten Math Drop-Out

This entry is part 10 of 46 in the series Homeschool

Inside: Advice for teaching Kindergarten Math without teaching Kindergarten Math. No curriculum needed! Three Days. That was all it took for me to go from

1 Simple Way to Intentionally Develop Faithfulness in our Homeschool

This entry is part 44 of 46 in the series Homeschool

a simple devotional for homeschool moms discussing faithfulness in our homeschool – to what shall we be faithful?