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Aug. 18, 2017
8 Affordable Homeschool Storage Solutions
Homeschool organization is about practicality as well as good looks. With kids around all day every day, there is no way to keep your homeschool area in order unless your organization system is sustainable with everyone doing his part to … Continue reading
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Jul. 25, 2017
Using Your Sonlight Instructor’s Guide as a Morning Time Schedule
If you’ve ever fallen down the Pinterest rabbit hole of homeschooling, you have at least passing familiarity with the idea of morning time. Maybe you’ve heard it referred to as a morning basket, symposium, or circle time. The underlying concept … Continue reading
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Jul. 24, 2017
Planning an Intentional Family Morning Time
When you are a homeschool mama with many young minds to nourish, finding a way to streamline home education holds heavy appeal. I’ve heard some people compare homeschool moms to teachers and say it must be easy when you don’t … Continue reading
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Jul. 17, 2017
Why I Had to Break Up with Last Year’s Homeschool Schedule
In our first year of homeschool life, we had six kids under the age of eight. Those early years of homeschooling were full and busy. We loved the four-day schedule that came with (what was then called) Core K (now … Continue reading
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Jul. 13, 2017
Two Homeschool Organization Myths That May Be Hindering You
The more organized my homeschool is, the less time and money I waste. First, I don't waste time looking for things because I know exactly where they are. Second, I don't waste money buying again what I already have but … Continue reading
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Jun. 14, 2017
How to Schedule a 5-Day Program in a 4-Day Homeschool Week
Sonlight offers a 5-day program and a 4-day program. Because the 4-day program has 36 fewer scheduled days in the Instructor's Guide, there are fewer books overall. But what if you want to follow the 4-day homeschool schedule while reading the 5-day … Continue reading
May. 5, 2017
Why I Homeschool 4 Days a Week: No More Stressed Out "Friday Mom"
Not all Fridays are great. Sometimes they bring out Friday Mom. You know the kind of Fridays I mean. They should be fun. But they turn into stress. For example, on a recent Friday morning, we had one hour before … Continue reading
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