Climbing up While my parents set up bank accounts for my and my brother when we were young, and later checking accounts, and I got a lecture about money management, compound interest, and investing in the stock ...
Resources
Homeschool basics, ideas, and links
There are an amazing number of resources available for homeschoolers, or anybody wanting to help kids learn. This is just a small sampling of some of the offerings both on the internet and off.
Suddenly Homeschooling? I Have a Great Book for You
The Homeschoolers Are Not Hermits Quick Start Guide to Homeschooling Are you suddenly at home with your kids and wondering what homeschoolers do all day? My Quick Start Guide covers how to transition to being at ...
Interview: How to be a Homeschooler and an Entrepreneur
Susie Zahratka My friend Susie Zahratka is a homeschooling mom of four and an entrepreneur, the owner of two businesses. How does she do it? I get my writing done first thing in the morning before the kids are up, ...
A Quick Start Guide for New Homeschoolers
The Homeschoolers Are Not Hermits Quick Start Guide to Homeschooling These days it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the information out there for new homeschoolers. There are whole books on it. In fact, my first ...
A Great Project-Based Learning Resource
Project-Based Learning Book Project-based learning is an educational resource that can work for just about any reasonably sized group of students, from a single homeschooler to a classroom of learners. This is my ...
From Summer into Fall: a Gentle Transition for Homeschoolers
Children's Museum The transition from school year to summer and back again can be as varied as homeschool families themselves vary, but there are some interesting things I’ve noticed as a homeschool parent that ...
I wrote my book to make a difference
Homeschoolers Are Not Hermits book Why I wrote my book I decided to write about our experience because so many people have helped our family along our homeschooling journey, and because whenever I meet someone ...
Plant a Native Garden With Your Kids
This is my Guest Post for the SEA Homeschoolers Newsletter. January is here, and those seed catalogs have already started arriving! When we go to the gardening store or look at the seed and plant catalogs that ...
Why I Value Homeschool Conventions
This is my guest post for the SEA Homeschoolers newsletter. While some people flock to conferences and conventions, others wonder if they are really worth the time and expense. As homeschoolers sometimes it seems ...
A Quick Review of Education.com
Here’s a quick review of the free resources on education.com plus a free winter math worksheet and answer key for you. I’m all about free and low cost resources, and the people who have put together ...
Up Close: A Day in the Life
We’ve got three boys aged 6 to 15, and we have a lot of fun homeschooling. We’ve been homeschooling for a long time—really, since our first son was born. What else is it we’re doing with our kids but helping them ...
International Travel with Kids – Challenging but Rewarding
The biggest thing I learned on our trip to Japan this summer is that traveling with five people is very different than traveling alone or with one companion. You would think I would know this, ...
Find Your Child’s Learning Styles
One thing you can do as a parent is help your child figure out what kind of learner they are, so that they can find the ways that work the best for them when they need to learn something. We like to look at both ...
Great Summer Reading!
You should buy my new book. Why? Because, to my surprise, it’s actually quite a bit better than I thought it would be. Every time I flip through it I find myself sucked in and reading it again, even though I know it ...
Finding Your Child’s Multiple Intelligences
How can we help our kids to learn? Besides approaching learning with both patience and enthusiasm, I recommend finding out how their brains are wired. Everyone has different strengths, which are great to focus on, ...
Is Rosetta Stone worth the hassle?
This is a review of my love/hate relationship with Rosetta Stone. First the good parts: it’s user friendly when it works, and it’s easy for the kids to use. It’s easy for me to use, too. It’s great for visual and ...
How do I choose a homeschool style?
There is lots of talk about what type of style people use when homeschooling, but what are they, really, and how do you choose one? The first thing to do when choosing a homeschool style is to consider your parenting ...
My Favorite Homeschooling Benefits
I have seen lists of benefits of homeschooling, entire pages of bullet points, but for me there are four main areas that pretty much encompass everything for our family. These are 1) the ability to tailor the ...
How Can Having a Fourth Grade Student Save You Money?
We eagerly waited for our middle son to enter his fourth grade year because we had some exciting plans, and he was going to help us afford them. How does that work, you say? Well, there is a program to encourage all ...
How to Get the Most from Your Museum Membership
Our science museum membership is one thing I am keeping forever. We have been members of the Science Museum of Minnesota for around ten years, and if they offered a lifetime membership I would seriously consider it. ...