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I can't tell you how many times I saw people complaining on Facebook toward the end of the school year about how much they hated homeschooling. But upon further reading, they talked about how stressful the zoom meetings were or how they didn't understand what the teacher was expecting or couldn't figure out the assignments. This isn't homeschooling. It's distance learning. And the two are VERY different. Distance learning is any form of remote learning where the student is not present at school but is being taught through communication with the school/teacher. Correspondence courses are a typical form of distance...

I was assigned to read Old Yeller in 6th grade. For whatever reason, 6th grade was full of the tragedy books. I read about a childhood best friend dying, a dog dying, and watching someone you love grow old and die. Now that I think about it, that is a traumatizing year of assigned reading. For whatever reason, I liked Old Yeller, even if it made me cry. I even read the sequel, which is pretty much the same story but with the younger brother. So, I planned to never have an Old Yeller book club, but my son picked...

Today we are going to take a closer look at one of the thinking skills components in our 1st Grade Elite Curriculum Kit from Timberdoodle, Smart Cookies. Our new game!I have said it numerous times, our family loves games and I especially love educational ones like Smart Cookies! Everything in the game. What's included in our game?  Our game includes 1 playing board (3 x 3 tic-tac-toe style grid), instruction booklet, puzzle booklet with 64 puzzles and their solutions, and 9 cookies. Our cookiesThere are 9 cookies in 3 different shapes (square, triangle and circle) and 3 different flavors or colors...

Summer is here and school is ending. What are you doing this summer? Should you take the summer off or continue school through the fall? These are questions every homeschool mom asks. After working so hard all year, you might want to just kick back and relax. On the other hand, you don’t want your children to suffer from the infamous “summer slide.” Summer homeschool has many advantages and options. Let’s look at the pros, cons, and opportunities of homeschooling through summer. Homeschooling During the Summer If you are wrestling with deciding if you should do summer school or not,...

Weekend homeschool links: Discussing race with your emotionally intense kids A beginner’s guide to the Gooney Bird Greene chapter books Our school year fizzled–now what? I’m Levar Burton, and this is my story (You guys know how much I adore Levar, right? Thought-provoking to watch & discuss with your teens) 12 cool podcasts that will educate and entertain your kids 10 years ago on the blog: A beach blanket education On the Simple Homeschool podcast: Ep 29, Considering homeschool? 5 things I wish I knew before I began Featured Sponsors: In our homeschool, no one reading program was that “magic bullet.”...