Over my 20+ years of homeschooling, I have used many different methods of homeschool planning. From forms I created myself and kept in a notebook, to my Intentional Monthly or…

I’m sure everyone has heard of Pinterest by now.  I love using it to bookmark recipes I want to try, books I want to read, homeschool resources, crafts I want…

As much as I love to read, my kids haven’t always been as eager as I am. So when I saw a chance to sign up for a free trial…

I know I am always looking for good quality free homeschool curriculum and resources to use in our homeschool. Over the years I have blogged about some of these resources…

Today I want to talk about how we are going to be doing our history for our homeschool this year. What We Will Be Studying I decided that I wanted…

Several have asked what I was talking about when I mentioned our Morning Basket and Afternoon Basket in a recent newsletter. So I decided to write a whole post on…

Before I dive into this post, I do want to mention that I recorded a podcast on this very topic! If you would rather listen than read, you can listen…

I recently was able to become a member of SchoolhouseTeachers.com and have had some time now to go through the site and see what all is there. If you are…

I don’t know about you, but I have been spending some time going through all the bundles and products in this year’s Build Your Bundle sale, trying to determine what…

I am so excited to let you know that the 5th Annual Build Your Bundle Sale starts NOW and it is the largest one yet. Before I get into the…

UPDATE! HERE ARE THE WINNERS: If you are a winner, I will be emailing you soon with your prize! Thanks to everyone who entered! All About Homeschool eBook: Rene M….

As a homeschool mom of 20 years, I know what it can be like. I know the boredom, the fatigue, the weariness that can set in. But I am here…

I have a son who is still struggling with his reading. So when I ran across Word Family Readers and took a quick glance at their free sample packet, I…

Over the past 18 years that I have been homeschooling, I have had many ups and downs. I have had years that went really well and we got so much…

So far we have covered in Part 1 how to set up your schedule for the year, in Part 2 how to schedule the Morning Time Learning, and in Part 3 how…

So far we have covered in Part 1 how to set up your schedule for the year, and in Part 2 how to schedule the Morning Time Learning. Now in…

In Part 1 I talked about how I planned out our homeschool schedule for the year. Now in Part 2 I am going to look at how I planned out…

You are in for a treat as I will be going into detail how I will be planning our new homeschool year! This year I will only have 3 in…

This summer has been so busy for me, but I finally had some time to sit down and publish the brand new Intentional Monthly Planner for the coming school year….

My friend, Ann Voskamp, over the years has posted pictures of a nature calendar on her blog.  These calendars are from an old out of print (and hard to find)…

Are you struggling with some ideas for your Morning Time learning? We have our Morning Time learning while the kids eat their breakfast. We always read a Bible story, and…

I love finding great resources for the kids to watch! This science video is amazing! Watch! For more great free homeschool resources, check out my One-Stop Resource for Free Homeschool…

When we were studying Ancient Egypt, I was looking for a few more read-aloud books to go along with our study and I found this series by Voice of the…

Today I want to share with you one of the greatest tips I have incorporated into our homeschool over the past 17 years. This one tip has saved me so…

I think one of the most difficult areas that us homeschoolers struggle with, is helping our kids learn the multiplication facts. For some reason, the multiplication facts seem to be…

 A reader recently asked me for a list of my favorite historical read-aloud books to be read to younger children.  I compiled a list and thought I would share it…

Have you heard of the Life of Fred books? I know I have talked about them some here on the blog. For many homeschool families, the Life of Fred math…

Quite a while back someone had posted these on Facebook or on a blog somewhere, I can’t remember. Recently they were posted again and I decided they were too good…

I have been reading an awesome book by Sarah Mackenzie called, Teaching From Rest. In the book she refers to this wonderful video series by Andrew Kern of the Circe…

Books, books, and MORE books!!! A reader emailed me for some suggestions for some good books that her younger children could read or that could be read aloud. So, I…

When we studied Ancient Rome in our homeschool, I had gathered quite a list of resources that we used. So I decided to create a resource page so that everything…

I am excited to re-introduce to you an ebook that was one of my first to publish: Create Your Own Learning Portfolio on ANY Subject! Way back in 2006, I…

I love finding great resources for read-aloud books and wanted to share what I recently found! Below you will find links to a chronological list of the G. A. Henty books,…

I love finding great resources to use with my kids in our homeschool, and these free US history videos are excellent! This series of Liberty’s Kids videos are excellent and…

A reader recently contacted me letting me know how much she was loving my Create Your Own Penmanship Pages ebooks, but was needing some little tweaks to use with her…

I have a confession to make! This was my first time using Blab and I forgot to click on the “record” button before I started. Yikes! So my first run…

Back when Sarah Mackenzie released the first edition of this book, Teaching from Rest, it was only in ebook format. I bought it at the time and read it and…

If you have a child that needs a little more practice to learn their multiplication tables and doing more worksheets does not seem too appealing to them, give some of…

There is a temptation to push our children too early, wanting them to excel, but in the process discouraging them and extinguishing their love of learning.  You want your children…

I have been wanting to sit down and write out a post about our homeschool plans for the coming year and now I am finally getting to it! I love…

Over the past several weeks I have been working on a brand new area of my site — Our Homeschool Studies!

Math is sometimes a hard subject for our kids to wrap their minds around. Many times I hear, “Mom, when am I ever going to use this?” Sound familiar? Well,…

Copywork is an often overlooked and yet very valuable activity to include in your homeschool! Copywork is simply allowing your children to copy out of copywork books or other texts….

Yes…summer has come to a close and our new school year is beginning today! I will have a kindergartner, 2nd grader, 4th grader, and 9th grader. I am excited about…

I am so excited to see this brand new science resource for elementary children!  Jay Wile is writing a science series that studies science chronologically!  I love it! The first…

Yesterday I shared what my plans are for history next year. Now I want to share what we will be studying for science! Just like I did with our history…

As I began praying about our homeschool for this coming year, the Lord really impressed on me a desire to dig deep in the Bible with the kids. I decided,…

I really do love this time of year…beginning new schedules, reading new books, learning new things.  I thought I would share some of the things we will be reading/doing/using in…

I was so excited to receive a copy of Heritage History’s Young Readers Curriculum (on CD) to review.  We will be continuing the study of American History in our read-aloud…

One of the many benefits of homeschooling is that it allows you to live life with your children each day.  Family life does not stop for “homeschooling”, but is a…

Well…after researching and asking your opinion, I decided to go with the Kindle.  We received it a couple weeks ago and have really been enjoying it.  The kids are even…