What makes up the education of our children? Math, language arts, history, geography and science isn’t it? Well the fact that we homeschool our children means we can do things different doesn’t it? Do we have to just do math and science and language arts??? Of course not. We can mix things up a … Read more
What are Workboxes? I have had this questions many times, so let’s start here. Workboxes are an organization system for homeschooling. Pretty simply you put one assignment in each box and your child now has a visual outline of what is to be accomplished that day. What Benefit Does Using Workboxes Have? For us Workboxes … Read more
When considering home education as a family the number one concern is budgeting. Choosing to sacrifice a second income in-order that one parent can remain at home full time is a challenge in today’s economic climate, and doing so requires careful consideration and long term intentional planning. My mother’s favourite saying is “Count the pennies … Read more
When our family first began homeschooling, our thought was that each of our children would attend a four-year college after their high school graduation to further their education. Struggles with some learning disabilities in one of our children brought us to further consider this initial assumption. The fundamental question is not what we want, but … Read more
Using unschooling to teach to the interests of your child makes it a wonderful tool! Read how unschooling puts your child front and center in this special guest post.