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Large Family Homeschooling

Just because.

by Hannah on July 13, 2010

Take a walk with your kids. Just because. (Take some time to talk with them.) Order pizza to eat in the living room floor while watching a movie. Just because. (Laugh. Cry. Snuggle.) Put the tiny flowers your children give you in a wine glass. Just because. (It just looks so pretty.) Have you big [...]


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Summer {Home} Schoolin’

by Hannah on June 8, 2010

Each family is unique in the way they homeschool. Some of us homeschool year-round, while others of us take a summer break. And you know what? That works beautifully for each family. Whether or not you take a summer break, you most likely switch gears on the way you learn. I think most of us [...]


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{Quick} Lunches for Homeschoolers

by Hannah on April 22, 2010

Photo Credit: Sprittibee’s My Homeschool Lunch Series I’m pretty sure our house isn’t the only house with out a maid or lunch fairy. When you are helping your high schooler with their Algebra (ahem) and your middleschooler is working on their school (that you just got them started going on), there is most likely no [...]


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Spring Cleaning Your Homeschool

by Anna on April 7, 2010

OK.  I’ll admit it.  I’m not the most organized person I know. As a matter of fact, I’m not even in the top 20% of organized people I know. I could probably be even further down the list, but I’ll spare some of my self esteem and leave it at that. I have, however, been [...]


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Plans vs. Preparation

by Anna on February 16, 2010

Does your homeschool have ups and downs? We have so many ups and downs in our homeschool, it can give you motion sickness. Two weeks ago, we decided to take a short break from doing full school days so we could pack for the first family vacation we have had in 2.5 years!  We were [...]


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Blessing, Not Obligations

by Guest Contributor on November 11, 2009

It never fails. I walk in to a store and someone stops to watch my four children and me parade through the aisles. I can practically see it coming. They wait for the perfect moment, and approach me with, “Well! You certainly have YOUR hands full!” If it’s not that comment, then it is something [...]


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