My Top 9 Excuses for Not Being around Much Lately (Part 1)

If you follow my blog with any regularity, you may have noticed I haven’t been posting much over the last 4 months (okay, 6).  I thought I owed you an explanation and it basically comes down to a list of excuses. Excuse #9: Nature called (as in Breckenridge) and I really needed to focus my [...]

What My Grandfather’s Story Telling Taught Me About Vocabulary.

My grandfather could hold a crowd spellbound for hours with his ridiculous and wildly epic confabulations. Whenever he bellowed the words, “let me tell you a story”, a mob of cousins would scramble to fill the coveted spots at his feet, and the adults would nonchalantly gather round with their cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, [...]

Fun Fridays Should Definitely Involve Food on Your Face.

Homeschool in my house revolves around two pimply faced ‘tweens.  Honestly, they aren’t that pimply yet, but every day I can feel it coming.   It’s like a deep, gutteral rumbling below the surface and I am bracing myself for the inevitable eruption. With increased hormonal secretions, hygiene has become of paramount importance. I find myself saying [...]

How to Create an Annual Homeschooling Plan in 3 Easy Steps.

detect invisible Homeschooling moms everywhere know that the secret to successful homeschooling lies in having an annual plan.  We are somewhat obsessive about it—forever scoping out new curriculum, museum exhibits, field trips, library resources, etc…  In the middle of a recent family reunion, I was telling someone about our plans to continue homeschooling this year, [...]

An Exclusive Interview With The Founder of Super Charged Science

detect invisible As parents, we’ll do almost anything to give our kids a competitive advantage in life, especially when it comes to education, for education is “the key” to our children’s future success.  What we really, REALLY WANT, is for our children to learn in a way that enables them to extrapolate abstract concepts and [...]

Another Great Aspect of Home School—Self-Taught Side Yard Science Class

detect invisible My heart pounded and I hastened my pace to a frantic jog while searching the house at 7:00 am for my 9 year old son.  “Did I forget to lock the doors last night?” I wondered as I mentally recounted my nightly house closing procedure.  The irrational side of my brain repeated relentlessly, [...]

Why Some of Our Best Days are the Bad Days.

detect invisible             Every homeschooling parent has a collection of dark tales—tragic comedies that we stuff into dark corners of our memory, trying desperately to forget.  These tales often involve perfectly normal and intelligent children writhing and wailing on the floor, slithering out of chairs, hiding beneath blankets, and storming out of rooms with doors [...]

Thinking About Home Schooling? Here’s a Go-to List of Home school Resources.

detect invisible Summer is the time for lazy afternoons by the pool, BBQ’s with friends, and family vacations.  It is also a time of tough decisions for many people, especially surrounding the topic of education.  A couple I know have been unhappy with their $35,000 per year (per child) private school and decided to take [...]

5 Ways to Improve Kids Education—Part One

  The education system is failing in many ways.  As parents, we must ask, “What steps can I take to improve my kids education?”  Through homeschooling, I have gained firsthand experience on how parents can be better advocates for their kids.   In this five part article, I hope to share some of those strategies with you.  I have purposely excluded ”volunteering” [...]