Tag: flashes of delight
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A Day in the Life of Homeschooling: Tuesday & Wednesday
I’m including two days in this post, simply because our days were easy enough that they didn’t need their own separate posts! Tuesday Our Tuesday started off on a great foot! As it was the first day of Fall we made some apple cinnamon oatmeal and pumpkin spice coffee. Tuesdays are our Tea Time Tuesday, […]
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Celebrating Joy in the Midst of Depression
2020 has brought on a “silent rise” in mental health crises. It’s no secret that it’s been a rough year, but viruses aside, the job losses, bankruptcies, and isolation has had devastating repercussions for mental health. People already struggling with anxiety and/or depression may feel like they’re barely treading water with their mental health. Others […]
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A Day in the Life of Homeschooling: Monday
Homeschooling looks different for every family. In sharing a “behind the scenes” of our week, my hope is to show that homeschooling can work for a variety of people and lifestyles! I know people who homeschool while working full-time, people who homeschool 6 kids, and people who homeschool on the road. You make homeschooling work […]
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Realistic Homeschooling
When you start homeschooling and follow these fun, amazing accounts on Instagram and mommy blogs, it’s so easy to get swept up into comparison. I know I did! Big school rooms, gorgeous posters covering the walls, big whiteboards, desks, cubbies upon cubbies for organizing, and every educational toy or manipulative you could think of. It […]
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Let’s Do Life Together
Have you heard the phrase “do life?” Like “I love doing life with you?” I like it… It makes life an action, a verb, which it kinda is, right? This post today was inspired because I saw a meme about homeschooling, something akin to “homeschooling isn’t about lesson planning, it’s about doing life with your […]