Tag: parenting
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Prisms and Purpose
I’ve got this prism that is eternally smudged. I ordered it in hopes that it would somehow elevate our cluttered mess of a dining room into one of those Waldorf forest homeschools where kids keep all their Montessori materials sorted in rainbow colored sets and listen attentively to poetry as they finish watercoloring their nature…
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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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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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A Day in the Life: Homeschooling Edition
Coming soon, I am launching a series on what our homeschool routines kind of look like! I use the words “kind of” because the beauty of homeschooling is grace and flexibility. Sometimes our plans change, other times we may have a hard day and need to shift gears, and so on. But we do have…
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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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Homeschooling Starter Kit
In this wild time to be alive, many parents are faced with the tough decision of how to proceed with schooling for the fall. Public/private school with covid requirements? Distance learning? Home education? It can feel overwhelming. As a homeschooling mom I wanted to touch on that specific option for a bit if you’ve considered…
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