Home. School. Life.
“We are still social distancing.” I feel like we need t-shirts with those words emblazoned on them. Especially now, as the world seems to be going back to normal. I’m just not there yet. Maybe that’ll change in a month or two. Maybe it won’t change for a long time. Either way, that’s ok. We…
Lest you all think it’s daisies and roses over here with my last post about appreciating our time at home….it bears clarifying: It’s ok to not be ok. Just this week, I’ve eaten chocolate in the pantry where my kids can’t see…three times. I’ve online shopped just a little too much. I’ve used the TV…
In our homeschool, we usually do “school” only 4 days a week. We sometimes double up on days in our 180-day curriculum and also school pretty much year-round, so we are afforded this little luxury. Since we don’t do traditional school on Friday, we spend a bit of time doing free writing, a concept I…
I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about my homeschool schedule, what it looks like each day, and how I manage “school time.” People have even asked me for a minute-by-minute rundown of my day, wanting to know when I take breaks, how long they are, and what in God’s name do I feed them…
Over the past day, I’ve gotten a number of texts from friends about what to do with their kids over the next couple weeks while we self-quarantine. I hope to write more posts over the coming days with lots of tips for long days at home, but I figured I’d start with some of my…
