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Homeschool Tips

Review: College Admission and Scholarships by Lee Binz

So here you are, looking at homeschooling high school.  So many people outsource these best and most important years of homeschooling because they feel inadequate.  They think they might fail their child.  And while that is technically possible, every diligent homeschooling parent can succeed with all the fantastic resources available these days. One resource that […]

Leave Some Good Books Lying Around

Recently, Miss 13 spent an afternoon on the couch reading 100 Maps.  It was hard for me to see her lying there, ‘taking it easy’ when she had so much schoolwork to do.   I needed to remind myself several times that this was the best kind of education; because she wanted to read that book […]

Oops! Minimizing Planning Blind Spots

While planning the school year, I keep in mind each child’s interests, strong points, and weak points.  I think of topics that perhaps they would love to learn but don’t know about yet, options that could help them succeed at the things they are struggling with, and how to help them excel at what they […]

What Are You Learning This Year? 6 Tips for Moms

One of the joys of being an older homeschooling mom is that I have more time to learn along with my children.  Last year I learned a lot about Bible, history, and literature by going through Omnibus with my teens.  I have time to take pictures of flowers and insects, like the one above.  One […]

Pinterest for Homeschoolers

  I’ve just started using Pinterest as a homeschooling resource, and it’s amazing.  Being visual, it is perfect for finding and sharing information about books, curriculum, experiments, art projects, and field trips. There are three aspects to Pinterest use for homeschoolers. You can pin the interesting resources you discover around the web, organizing them in […]