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A Serendipitous Day of Homeschooling
Contributed by Crystal Esteves and her world schooling family, The Culture Trotters. I have always loved planning out unit studies. The idea of taking something as simple as an apple and sucking…
15 Fun Kid Activities for Father’s Day
It’s almost Father’s Day! Before you panic and go run to the store for something dad most likely doesn’t want or need take a look at this list of activities for kids to do with their dad.…
3 Tips to Get The Kids Moving This Summer
Guest post by Jennifer Edmundson, Co-founder, Kenson Kids Every parent knows it can be a challenge to get and keep kids active. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that…
Benefits of Year-Round Homeschooling
Guest post by Amanda Sims. When we began homeschooling our oldest at the age of five, year-round schooling was not the plan. I grew up in the public school system and assumed we would school…
Coding for Homeschoolers + Free Project
This post is sponsored by YoungWonks. Computer programming, or coding as it is also known, is a much sought-after skill today. While professionals are learning it to upskill, kids as young…
Rest for the Weary Homeschool Parent
Guest post by Stephanie Wilkins Matthew 11:28 - Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. When raising a family and homeschooling your kids, how important…
What We Learn From Animals While World Schooling
There are all sorts of educational benefits to learning about animals by handling and playing with them directly, but really, it’s just a lot a fun. We love watching the kids’ faces light…
8 Steps to an Awesome Research Paper
This post is sponsored by Time4Writing. Not the dreaded research paper! You’ve just assigned your high school homeschooler a research paper, and you can’t understand all the drama that’s…
Why Gardening is Perfect for Homeschool Kids
I had been on the fence for a while about introducing gardening to my kids. Sometimes I thought that they were too young for it, other times I thought about the dirt and laundry. The past year,…
How to Create the Optimal Homeschool Environment for Long-Term Learning
A year ago, everyone was hopping on the homeschooling bandwagon. Quarantines and school cancelations sent millions of students into the homeschool world practically overnight. Now that schools…