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Time Again for the Homeschool Portfolio

  What is a Homeschool Portfolio? A homeschool portfolio is a window into your child’s homeschool experience, achievements, and academic progress, throughout the school year. There are more then on way to keep a portfolio but I will list the core items you will need. However, always check your state laws, homeschool co-ops, and with the evaluator, on what materials are required. The Basic Supplies 3 ring binder {3 inches or more thick} dividers page protectors Sharpies computer paper to print out basic forms samples of your child’s work photos {optional} Forms to Provide Attendance Form: List of Curriculum and … Continue reading →

Learning Resolutions for Your Family

January 1st: this is the time when we tend to review the past and look to the future. It feels like a bit of an arbitrary date, but any day’s a good one to reflect on your family’s learning over the course of the year. I like the concept of a personal annual review. I’ll be attempting to take on that task today, to evaluate where I’ve been and where I’m going. Today, take a few minutes to reflect on your family’s learning this year and where you’d like to go next year. During your family learning review, what should … Continue reading →

The One and Only Homeschool Planner You Need

Planning is an essential part of homeschooling. As the years go on or the more children you have planning is how you make it through the day. You need to plan for each child along with planning for your day to day life so dinner is on the table and clean laundry in the drawers. Homeschooling is a wonderful adventure but it does not have to be chaotic and overwhelming. The solution comes in the form of a planner that is easy to use and more importantly that you will use. I used to purchase a planner every year for … Continue reading →

Schedules

One of the things about high school that was true was the consistency. You showed up every day at a certain time. You left every day at a certain time. You had classes in-between those times. Depending on what type of scheduling the school used you would have the same class every day (or, perhaps, the same classes every other day). In general, though, there was a schedule that sort of repeated. While the classes would change every quarter or semester, the time frame would stay the same. That was the benefit of the high school schedule. It was something … Continue reading →

Dealing With Interruptions In Your Work Day

Sometimes, it is easy to manage your time when you run a home-based business. You set your work hours, choose a planning and organizing system either on your computer or smartphone or on paper and use it religiously, and there you go. Often, things are not that simple though. Your work time becomes riddled with interruptions and your non-work time also gets invaded by work-related interruptions. What is a home-based professional to do about all of these interruptions – the emails, phone calls, and even mail and package deliveries that seem like small things but can really eat into your … Continue reading →

Homeschool Child Burn Out

We talk quite a bit about homeschooling moms getting burned out. All the talk is valid since I know of no homeschool mom who has not experienced burn out on some level. A homeschool mom wears plenty of hats that often weigh down on her head. Just as moms get burned out so the children. A homeschool child does not lead a life of leisure. The child also experiences stress and constantly navigates between student and son or daughter. The child has to balance his interaction with this teacher and his mom since mom and teacher have some unique differences … Continue reading →

Homeschool Confessions

Homeschool life does not come without preconceived notions. Many homeschool moms feel they may not be measuring up to expectations if they start school past 8am or they allow their children to eat junk food or read Junie B. Jones. The homeschool world can spark an image of an orderly mom directing her super intelligent children to their desks to study physics and calculus. Some moms are intimidated by the thought that other homeschoolers are well organized, experienced, have perfect children and clean homes. I am certain there are some homeschoolers who fit the preconceived notion of perfection. Who decided … Continue reading →

Selling Your Work at Art Fairs and Craft Shows

If you are an artist or a crafter, you just might have the main ingredient for a successful home-based business. The things that you create are unique and beautiful, and there are many people out there that would love to purchase them so that they can enjoy them. Art and craft fairs and shows are a great way for home-based artists and crafters to show their works to a large audience, an audience that comes to the fairs and shows in search of that something special. One great thing about being an artist of crafter and selling your work at … Continue reading →

Sabbeth Week Schooling Schedule

Normally I schedule my homeschool in nine week intervals consisting of three terms. I have been happy with that set up and have adjusted as necessary as I do not hold fast to the vacation days I plan. I try to make room for unexpected events, sickness, burn out days, sunny days, or whatever may happen in my little world. I also take summers off to give myself and my kids a break. I have considered not taking summers off but in nine years it has yet to happen. While, I have been content with my three term schedule I … Continue reading →

Are You Pandering to Your Child?

Sometimes when we talk about homeschooling, we talk about letting our children set their own schedule, letting them decide where they’d be most comfortable doing school, letting them stay in their pajamas to study if they want to, and you know what? If I were just wandering in here for the first time and didn’t know anything about homeschooling, I’d be pretty outraged. I can hear myself now: “You let your kids set the schedule? You let them stay in their pajamas? What, do they run your whole family? Why aren’t you being parents?” I know I’d say that because … Continue reading →