One thing that most large families have in common is that there’s almost always a lot of littles in the house. For the sake of this post, “littles” in this post will be kids that aren’t homeschooling yet while “bigs” are kids who are homeschooling. Going into this school year we’ll have two “bigs” and […]
All large families are different, but there’s one thing we tend to have in common. We expand our family, and we do it often! It occurred to me the other day that 2014 was the only full calendar year that I wasn’t pregnant at all since 2009, and I was nursing that year. So I’ve […]
I have four kids, and they’re all polar opposites from each other. Mr. C is gifted, extremely social, and loves to read. A-Man is autistic, loves being alone, and despises anything resembling “school”. Cap’n M has a developmental delay, wants to be a big kid, and strongly prefers hands-on activities. Miss S is (so far) […]
Before I had kids, scheduling was my life. I was involved in so many activities, I had to have my life planned down to the minute or I would definitely let a ball drop. Now? Four babies later? We don’t really do well with “schedules”. I mean, we work from home and homeschool. I rarely know what […]
I’m a major planner. It drives my husband crazy sometimes, but I don’t even go to the grocery store without a solid plan in place. Naturally, when we started homeschooling I was set on having a solid homeschool plan. I tried a bunch of different homeschool planners. This last year, however, I realized that homeschool […]
Choosing curriculum can be one of the most exciting parts of homeschooling. You get to research tons of different homeschooling methods and find each curriculum that fits your method. Then you can narrow it based on your budget, and your kiddos’ learning styles. So. Much. Research! Okay, so if you’re not a research nerd like […]
