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On Monday I posted about B’s third grade year and I wanted to do the same for C’s kindergarten year. I’ve done very thorough plan and recap posts over the last four years as I’ve begun this homeschooling journey with B, however, I think for C I’m going to only do a planning post at the beginning of the year and a recap post at the end since this is will be our second time around. We’ll see, though…. I put this in writing but plans always have the ability of changing drastically in a short time. You can see...

Is it ever too early to start learning how to save and spend money wisely? Answer that question and more in this Homeschool Living. Discover some great tips for how and why to include financial budgeting in your homeschool curriculum, as well as excellent activities and resources for teaching children of all ages the value of money. Should children earn an allowance for performing their family chores? It’s hard to teach responsible financial habits if there are no finances to practice with. But do you tie an allowance to the responsibilities your children have around the house, or are both...

Summer seems like the perfect time to tackle ALL THE BOOKS that have been catching my eye. To inhale fiction like candy, if you will. Our summer plans to sit and relax by the pool have come to a bit of a halt as our pool decided to close for the summer (I’m not going to cry), so instead we are creating cozy spaces around the house to curl up and enjoy new authors. One thing that I have been dipping into a bit more over the last few months – audiobooks. I recently discovered Chirp (discounted audiobooks) and Libro.fm...

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: How to Find Volunteer Opportunities for Homeschool High Schoolers, Interview with Ticia Messing. How to Find Volunteer Opportunities for Homeschool High Schoolers, Interview with Ticia Messing One of the best ways to build a sense of community, good character and a strong transcript is through service opportunities. We asked our friend, Ticia Messing of Adventures in Mommydom, to talk with us today. She has prioritized volunteerism for her teens and has found that these opportunities have been life-changing for their family. Ticia’s story of service with her family Ticia has been homeschooling her kids...

(Please note that I have linked to book lists on the AmblesideOnline website to respect their licensing terms and the hard work they’ve put into such an amazing curriculum that they offer for free. Books that use affiliate links here are not listed on AmblesideOnline.) Third grade, and Form I with it, are a wrap! What a strange end to the year, though. Almost our entire third term co-op meetings took place via Zoom which was both good and bad. It was nice not to have to make the drive those Friday mornings, or frantically clean my house on the Thursdays before we were...