Brain Breaks for Kids
Whenever my kids start to get sluggish or de-motivated with their homeschooling, I try to give them “brain breaks.” Basically this means time away from…
Tag: learning
Motivating Kids to Learn
To keep my kids motivated and excited about learning, I sometimes add little changes and incentives to our daily routine. Today, I let my younger…
Why Children Learn Best at Home
At the recent Global Home Education Conference in Brazil, I met Debra Bell again. She is one of my homeschool heroes. She was an educator…
Fifty First Lessons
It sometimes feels like fifty first lessons when I am teaching my sprightly and sweet daughter, Tiana. At four years old, she struggles to remember…
The Motivated Learner
Edan might have fractured his wrist yesterday. I am taking him to the doctor just to make sure. He was jumping off our backyard swing…
Motivating Children To Learn
Wouldn’t it be great if we could have positively splendid learning days every single day…where our children have voracious appetites for reading, rise to the…
Art, Crafts, Education, Home, Homeschool, Learning Environment, motherhood, Parenting, Raising Boys, Science
He Pulled Off A Mannequin Hand Again
Titus’ mechanical ability is escalating in power, kind of like Elsa’s freezing ability grew stronger in the movie, Frozen. Almost everyday he will dismantle something….
Education, Homeschool, Homeschooling - Baby to Toddler, Homeschooling - Early Elementary, Homeschooling - Preschool, Homeschooling - Upper Elementary, How to Homeschool, Learning Environment, Thoughts
Group Homeschooling
What a beautifully chaotic morning I had homeschooling 7 children and breastfeeding two babies. My sister-in-law, Jenny, is sick so I invited two of her…
City Kids on Strawberry Fields
Our kids are city-bred. Unfortunately this means that they aren’t used to getting muddy and dirty. But on my birthday we brought them to Trinidad…
Books, Character, Curriculum, Education, Homeschool, Homeschooling - Baby to Toddler, How to Homeschool, How to's, Parenting, Parenting & Homeschooling, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships, Thoughts
Teaching A Toddler
Alot of eager-to-teach-moms ask me what I do with my 3 year old daughter, Tiana, so they can get ideas. Honestly, I don’t spend too…
Christmas Trees and Homeschooling
We took a break from our usual 9 am to 12 pm homeschooling in our study room to visit my pregnant sister, Carolyn. She wanted…
Education, Homeschool, Learning Environment, motherhood, Parenting, Parenting & Homeschooling, Relationships
The Danger of Self-Centered Homeschooling
My imperfections as a homeschool mother have been magnified as of late…especially my impatience. It is a real struggle every time the kids don’t cooperate…
