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Will This Be the Year of Too Much Togetherness?
Will This Be the Year of Too Much Togetherness? How to Redefine our Homeschools for a New Normal. This time last year as we all made plans for a new year of homeschooling, we could not have…
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: World-School Style
Sponsored by The Culture Trotters. Last we shared with you we were in Akumal, Mexico riding out the shutdown with the cutest little troop of spider monkeys. Since then, a lot has changed. Mexico…
Teaching Your Child Thinking Skills
An American anthropologist Margaret Mead states that parents should first and foremost teach their kids HOW to think, rather than instructing them on WHAT they should think. It is of utmost importance…
Help! Can Someone Else Homeschool My Child?
Making the decision to homeschool is a big commitment. It takes time, money, and sacrifice. What if due to circumstances you must homeschool but are not able to homeschool your children yourself?…
Desire Led Lesson Planning for Worldschoolers
When school starts back in the fall this year, I will have a 10th grader, or at least that would be his grade if he were in a public high school. Since he’s an out-of-the-box learner and we're…
How is Your Child’s Mental Health?
Sometimes we take for granted that our little ones are oblivious of what is going on in the world. We think they are happy in their own little world. But I just want to ask you, how is your child's…
Promoting Health Awareness in Our Homeschooling Life
As of 2012, about 3.4% of children in America were homeschooled. As a parent, you know just how challenging and rewarding homeschooling your child can be. Most of the challenges come from making…
Homeschool Art Projects for Teens and Tweens
It seems like just yesterday I was the young mama in line at the grocery store buying crayons, coloring books, paint sets, and construction paper week after week, but now that my boys are older,…
Gameschooling Benefits for the New Homeschooler
Growing up homeschooled, my mother made certain that real-world learning experiences were at the foundation of our core curriculum. While part of the day was spent solving algebraic expressions,…
What Does Quarantine Mean for Travel-Schooling Families?
A Few Tips from a Travel-Schooling Mom Going Through It with You Right now, there are hundreds of traveling families scrambling to make a plan for where to live and how to do school and family…