Homeschooling
Posts related to how kids learn and what they learn
Unschooling Reading Resources
Reading is such a huge part of my life so I'm always on the lookout for good unschooling reading resources. That's a fancy way of saying I love resources that are fun but also actually work to teach kids to read. I now have 4 kids who are completely obsessed with...
Book List for Boys
After writing about how to encourage boys to love reading, I promised that I would share a book list for boys based on what has been popular for my sons and their friends. Since Christmas is coming up, this could also be a Christmas gift guide for boys on your list....
How to Encourage Boys to Love Reading
Today I want to talk to you about books. Particularly books for boys and how to encourage boys to love reading. I am a mom of 4 boys, all of whom love books. Even the ones who can't read yet love to sit on the couch and surround themselves with books and just flip...
Homeschool Curriculum Choices for Grade 6, Grade 4, and Grade 1
I have always had an unschool mentality. I believe (and my kids have shown me) that people learn what they need to know when they need to know it and life is meant to be experienced and explored rather than dictated and directed. So why am I now talking about...
Relaxed Homeschool Schedule: A Day in the Life With a Newborn, 2yo, 5yo, 8yo, and 11yo
I always love reading "homeschool day in the life" posts by other people to see how they do things so I thought it was my turn to share. Since the birth of our littlest one a couple weeks ago our household rhythms have been thrown off balance. We also had a stomach...
Introverted Unschooling
It's not that we don't enjoy visiting and going out, we do, it's just that, as an introverted mother with a couple of introverted children (and a couple of extroverts too) we enjoy staying at home too.Late morning and my 9 year old is reading a novel beside me on the...