real homeschool stories

I love all things school supplies. I think it actually might have been part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place. Notebooks, pens, workbooks, organizational supplies, art supplies, planners . . . you name it. But because I know that school supplies are a weakness of mine I do often hesitate…

I love reading books to my kids. If all we do is read a few books each day I feel like I’ve taught them something, even if we never touched on any other subjects. But for the past few weeks our read alouds had been getting pushed off for one reason or another and I…

Here we are, starting our second month of officially homeschooling and not surprisingly, a number of people have been asking how it is going. To be honest, this is a question I was worried about before we started. What if it wasn’t going well? I mean, I suspected we’d have off days, these are my…

I think part of the reason I became a teacher in the first place was due to my love of books and school supplies. They are my guilty pleasure when it comes to shopping; with a new book, notebook and pencil I feel ready to conquer the world. Our school division gives us $400 a…

One of my most pinned posts on my personal blog is Raising a Highly Sensitive Child: Tips to Help You Get Through, and I’ve thought a lot about how I am going to homeschool this highly sensitive child. I am a highly sensitive person and my daughter is also highly sensitive, it has made for some…