Over the years my kids have expressed an interest in learning several different instruments – guitar, piano, ukelele, recorder, violin…just to name a few! I quickly found that private lessons can get very expensive! It’s frustrating to hand over so much money only to have your kid come to you weeks later and announce they are no longer interested in […]
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Homeschooling with TV and Movies
I’m posting today as part of the Not-Back-to-School Blog Party where more than 25 bloggers have come together for the entire month of August to share all the ways that learning happens outside of textbooks and classrooms. Join me today as I share how you can use TV and Movies as learning tools in your homeschool. But before you head […]
Our Favorites for Teaching Science with YouTube
Teaching science with YouTube is a great way to make science both interesting and entertaining, especially for kids who are a bit reluctant to believe that science can actually be fun! Teaching Science with YouTube We love supplementing our science units with videos and YouTube has an abundant selection of quality content to choose from. We’ve used many over […]
Flexible Homeschool Plan Wrap Up
It has been a fun 10 days filled with lots of printables, videos, photos, and advice for building an all around flexible homeschool plan for your year. Today I’m wrapping up the series with an all in one recap of everything we’ve learned! Step 1: Determining Your School Year For the greatest flexibility in your school year, I highly […]
Organizing the Stuff
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series, then be sure to read the previous posts. Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine Day 4: Deciding What to Teach and When Day 5: Scheduling Your Resources Day 6: Putting it All to Work Day 7: Facing the […]
Structured Free Time
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series, then be sure to read the previous posts. Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine Day 4: Deciding What to Teach and When Day 5: Scheduling Your Resources Day 6: Putting it All to Work Day 7: Facing […]
Facing the Challenges
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series, then be sure to read the previous posts. Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine Day 4: Deciding What to Teach and When Day 5: Scheduling Your Resources Day 6: Putting it All to Work Yesterday we looked […]
Putting it All to Work
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series then be sure to read the previous posts: Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine Day 4: Deciding What to Teach and When Day 5: Scheduling Your Resources All the things we covered last week laid […]
Scheduling Your Resources
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series, then be sure to read the previous posts: Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine Day 4: Deciding What to Teach and When It’s been a fun-filled week of learning […]
Deciding What to Teach and When
If you’re just joining me for the 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan series, then be sure to read the previous posts. Day 1: 10 Days to a Flexible Homeschool Plan Day 2: Determining Your School Year Day 3: Finding Your Routine So far I’ve shown you how to use a year-round homeschooling schedule and block scheduling […]









