Home. School. Life.
When I was in grad school, and even once I started teaching, “experiential education” was one of the buzz phrases we talked about in class or at teachers’ meetings often, among others phrases like differentiated instruction, higher-order thinking skills, and technology integration. Experiential learning usually happens outside the classroom, through field trips and other hands-on…
I’m not going to lie – when I heard the live-action Aladdin was coming out this summer, I was as giddy as a schoolgirl. Like many moms, I came of age with the animated Disney blockbusters of the early 90s – The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King. They were…
I am officially done with my first year of homeschool and we leave on our road trip in three days. Commence the mad dash to get prepared since I can only focus on one major thing at a time and homeschool evaluations were last Thursday. 🙂 Last year at this time, I searched high and…
I gotta be honest. I love homeschooling. The flexibility. The slower pace. More time with my kids. The ability to throw in a load of laundry at 11 am. It’s pretty awesome. And that’s what I tell people when they ask me. But I also used to say it with the caveat that “I’m not…
I can’t believe it’s really here. I have been researching homeschool for what seems like forever, and I just can’t believe It’s. Really. Here. I have been hyping up Monday, August 28th for months now so when Friday, August 25th rolled around, I felt like I just needed to START already. Even if I started…
I’ve been on homeschool Facebook groups and blogs for years. I guess you could say I know a lot about homeschooling. Only I don’t. I’m like one of those people who just graduated from teaching school who claim to know all there is to know about teaching. Only they don’t. Because they have zero experience….
