It's back to school time, and heading into a new school year has never looked as different as it does now. Whether your child will be participating in a hybrid model, virtual, face-to-face, or homeschooling, we've got you covered...
Dear fellow homeschool moms,
It's May. May!!
That means we're almost done with our 180 days. It's almost summer, and even if you homeschool during the summer months like us, the schedule will be different, the weather will be different, and hopefully different...
July has all the hallmarks of summer in the south. Independence Day. Fireworks for sale. Hot HOT weather. A wading pool in the backyard. Sunset well after our children's bedtime. Ice cream daily, just because.
And the beginning of third grade...
One of the most common comments I get when someone learns I homeschool my children is “I could never do that.”
It’s confusing because I’m not sure if I am supposed to take it as a compliment. (Are you trying...
In just a few short weeks I will be the mother of a third grader. I'm still not sure how she got to be so old so quickly, but one of my joys in watching her grow has been...
Have you noticed bright, yellow scarves this week? It's not in support of a sports team - schools, organizations and individuals across the nation are gearing up to celebrate education options.
It's National School Choice Week.
In education, one size doesn't fit all....
It's official - schools in South Carolina are closed until the end of the month, and it's happening all over the country, as states make plans to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by practicing "social distancing."
We have been homeschooling...
It's back-to-school time, which for me, brings up all sorts of nostalgia and memories of new crayons, new lunchboxes, new clothes, new everything.
Like most people in the United States, I grew up attending school. You probably did, too, either public...
I am a big science geek. And as a homeschooling parent, I have been given a huge gift that happens to coincide with my children's first day of school. The 2017 total solar eclipse will be the first visible...
The sign on the nearby elementary school reads, "Kindergarten Registration", reminding parents of four-going-on-five-year-olds that "big school" days are a mere eight months away. As I drove past it the other day, I remembered seeing the same sign a...
Like most parents in mid-August, I begin the school year with the best of intentions.
I lay out carefully selected matching outfits the night before the school day and the backpacks have been double checked and lined up by door...
So you're thinking about homeschooling.
Maybe your child is ready to enter kindergarten next year, and your feeling more than the normal sadness of sending him to school in the fall and not seeing him for a good part of...
The first day of school for my family is just around the corner and we are beyond excited!
My five-year-old daughter will be starting kindergarten virtually through a nearby school, and I’ll be doing homeschool preschool with my three-year-old daughter....
When our family began making plans to homeschool over five years ago, my first concern was how to do it legally. I had taught in the public school system for more than a decade and had no desire to...
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