Community, Co-Ops, and “Micro-Schools”
Finding community is usually one of the top pieces of advice I give to new homeschoolers. Community looks different for every family based on our own social needs and desire for support. Maybe you prefer to be the leader and organizer of a community, or may you prefer to just be a part of one.
Coop Fave: Cursive First
Cursive is a dying art, but it's so good for the brain! This fave is a short and simple curriculum that teaches cursive penmanship for a child’s first exposure to handwriting. It's easy and fun to teach!
Coop Fave: Punctuation Books - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The funniest way to teach punctuation is with these books! Your kids are going to want them all!
Universal Yums
The deliciousness of a country all in a box! This monthly subscription box brings so much enriched learning and joy to our family, and is a must for anyone wanting to teach cultural appreciation.
Operation Ouch
We love Operation Ouch, a YouTube Channel hosting by twins, Doctors Chris and Xand full of fun lessons on the human body. They answer common questions about the human body creatively through lab experiments, consulting experts, and polling people on the street.
You Are Enough
You are enough. You are exactly who your children need right now. You know your child better than anyone and are equipped to guide them on their educational journey.
Should I Let My Kid Quit?
It’s so hard to know when quitting is the right decision or when it is a detriment to our child’s development. How do we know when we should let our child quit? We discuss research, helpful questions to ask and consider, and some practical tools to figuring out this hard parenting question with your child.
How to Help Children with Friendships
Friendship is a huge component of helping our children live a joyful life! Navigating friendships can be both beautiful and challenging. It is important that we, as parents, equip ourselves to guide our children and help foster healthy friendships.
Benefits of Board Games
Board games have many developmental benefits, some of which you may not have thought of. Learn more and get recommendations for our favorite games to play as a family.
Benefits of Seeing Live Performances
Living in the digital age, taking in live performances is becoming a lost art. There are many benefits to children in seeing live performances.
My Kid is Bored
What should we do when our kids give us the boredom report? We all have mixed feelings when it comes to our kids feeling or saying that they are bored. But there’s more to boredom than what we typically know and believe about it.
Kindergarten Picture Books
Whether it’s on the couch cuddling with you or with a flashlight in their bed at night, reading with your kindergartener is magic. With all the benefits it brings, choosing beautiful, magical, and meaningful books creates the ideal moment for learning with and bonding with your little one. Here are some of our our children’s favorites.
10 Homeschool Hacks
It's the small things we do throughout our homeschool days that make our lifestyle a bit easier. We offer 10 shortcuts to creating the homeschool life you want.
Idol of School
Have we let school become an idol? So much conversation centers around kids’ schooling, including: achievements, success, challenges, and interventions. We all seem so concerned about measuring our kids, that I have to ask: is our focus on school healthy?
Character Complexity - Teaching History without Heroes and Villains
Let’s stop canceling historical figures and stop hero-worshiping them too. Instead, let’s teach historical figures as complex people, just like you and me.
How Working Moms Homeschool
Having to work shouldn’t be a barrier for parents to homeschool their children, sometimes it just takes creative problem solving.
Learning Through Pets
Does your child want a pet? Use this opportunity to teach life skills like researching, budgeting, planning ahead, and more! We share a free checklist to help your child research the necessary information you will all need to make an informed decision.
10 Tools to Enrich Your Homeschool Life
A few tools can make a huge difference in your homeschool life, and we share our favorite ones! From binding machines to must-have resources, you can customize and build the homeschool life you want.
Raising Critical Thinkers - Book Review
Julie Bogart, author of The Brave Learner and creator of The Brave Writer, came out with a new book this year, Raising Critical Thinkers. We read it and review it for you.
Why Teach History Through Games
Ordinary people who lived extraordinary lives are what makes history fascinating! It’s important to find ways for your children to connect with history so that they too can enjoy the triumphs of others - and games are one way.