One of the biggest questions as a homeschooler, to buy or not to buy? I find myself standing in the middle of the bookstore asking myself this exact question more than I would like to admit. I used to have a serious problem with buying books, I would buy them from the bookstore, second-hand stores, garage sales, and even the dollar store. The issue was that we never really used all the books I ... Read the Post

In this day and age, I admit that it's sometimes hard to say no to electronics, they are in most of our daily routines. This weekend my family got to experience a different sort of life. A life where tv, phones, and computers weren't taking up all of our time. Even though I know every day is probably not going to be electronic free after seeing how my family reacted to this weekend I am going to ... Read the Post

In the beginning, I found that finding any sort of balance in parenthood let alone our homeschool seemed like the most ridiculous thing in the world. After many breakdowns though, I realized that we all needed time to be our own people, to do things each of us enjoyed, and to continue growing as both individuals and as a family. Sometimes that can be really hard, balance seems impossible because ... Read the Post

Believe it or not, even as we go into our third year of homeschooling, "how do you socialize your children?" is still the number one question people ask me. I would like to start off by saying I, in fact, do socialize my children. Most homeschool parents will argue this fact because they tend to think of it in relation to socializing your dog. When I think about socialization I tend to use the ... Read the Post