Category Archives: Planning, Organizing, and Scheduling

33 Ways Sonlight Makes Homeschool Organization Easy!

When you picture a homeschool day, what does it look like in your imagination? Are you frantically searching for the "good” pencils, trying to remember which lesson you’re on, and not sure which book to read first? Or are you … Continue reading

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Can You Get Paid to Homeschool? A Guide to Grants for Homeschooling

Is it possible to get paid to homeschool your children? If you are a homeschool parent, or considering homeschooling, the cost of teaching your kids at home can feel intimidating. So... can you get paid to homeschool?

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7 Reasons to Buy Your Homeschool Curriculum Early

Although your new school year may be months away, now is the best time to order next year's homeschool curriculum. Here are seven reasons why earlier is better when it comes to getting your new homeschool curriculum purchases squared away.
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5 Benefits to Using a Timeline in Your Homeschool

Timelines are an essential part of teaching history. This valuable—yet simple— tool helps students understand the chronology of historical events and make connections between individual events and people. In addition to providing big-picture context to your history studies, here are … Continue reading

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15 Easy Ways to Take Your Homeschool Organization to the Next Level

"The homeschool police do not come if you skip something in the IG. Use it as you need it!” Here are15 practical organizational tips to create a more orderly approach to learning in your home. Continue reading

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Homeschooling Multiple Children: Top Tips For Success

Homeschooling is a choice that can make a big difference in the overall education of your child. But what happens when you need to consider the needs of multiple children? The fact is most homeschooling families are doing so with … Continue reading

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How and Why We Document Our Homeschool Year

If there is anything my kids love to collect it is paper. When I have them clean out their school drawers, they make piles of art papers, church papers, story papers, and scribble papers. The piles of paper make me … Continue reading

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