In come the flurry of new homeschooler questions about “how to handle winter break”… Well, the answer is the same to just about every other question you’ve asked so far. Can you guess?
It depends and we all probably do it differently and many of us change year to year. But here are some things to consider… Continue reading How to handle winter break as a new homeschooler
I write this on the morning of my 21st wedding anniversary, sitting in an empty house with a cup of coffee in my favorite coffee cup, listening to these words by Duncan Sheik on Spotify. Â It could not have been more timely…
Continue reading “The darkness comes and the darkness goes…”
Welcome to what is likely to be the “new normal” for a while. Â I know–it’s a nightmare. Â Everything is suddenly different and as it is, maybe you dread school vacations and breaks. Â Now you’re stuck. Â How do you deal? Â I gotcha covered… Continue reading New work-life balance fundamentals for coronavirus
Last night, I was up until 4:15am and then slept until 8:30am. Â Because I’m an idiot. Â Because I didn’t bit off MORE than I can chew (I did finally grow out of that) but I have bitten off ALL that I can chew.
At the moment… I have no idea how I’m going to make it to Sunday…
Continue reading I’m every woman… and we are all tired right now
Are you done with the holidays yet? Â We’ve been done with them for years, but transitioning our kids and our extended family to the space we have landed in has been difficult for sure. Â For now, we have to control what we can–but that’s more than we realized…
Mamas… So help me homeschooling a 6yo has got to be the worst thing ever. Â There aren’t any cool classes available because all of the ones they could do last year were targeted to kids who were MAYBE taking the kindergarten year at home (and they were the upper end of the “age range” for the class. Â They’re not yet 7–when some classes open up for the “obviously being homeschooled”/age of compulsory education (in most states). Â Kids also go through a cognitive developmental milestone at 7 that changes their understanding of the world (and how they take in information).
But 6… Six just sucked. Â So what to do for kids who are 6 (and under)? Â Here are the MANY IMPORTANT THINGS you need to teach kids 7 and under (and over, too, if you need to make up for lost time). Â And no, it’s not “Don’t do anything! Â Just play!” Â I assure you–there are things kids need to learn…
Continue reading When you’re homeschooling a six-year-old (and under)
Every day is a new beginning.  I am always motivated in the spring.  Maybe it’s the lengthening hours of sunshine and the starting of my gardens.  Life is bursting forward and I am running face into the wind with all of it.  It’s a good time to check in with yourself and see if you are where you want to be…
Continue reading Check in with yourself and see where you want to be
This will be the first time I can honestly utter the words “I’m looking forward to winter…”
This sounds like such a good word. Â A magnanimous word. Â A word people strive for.
It’s a word people feel you should be happy to achieve.
But it hurts. Continue reading Tolerance
Mama… I feel ya. Sometimes the days just seem to blend one into the other. Suddenly, you seem to have lost your sense of self and everything is being carefully juggled just to maintain the status quo. You don’t even know how tired you are. Continue reading A Letter to the Mom of the Challenging Child
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