Using the McGuffy Reader | Guest Post

Guest post with Mrs White of The Legacy of Home. Mrs. White and her husband have five homeschooled children, ages 12 to 22. They live in Rural Vermont.

I am going to share a couple of ideas with you. These are things I have done for many years with my own children.

Part One

I will describe [...]

Homeschooling and Home Economics Class | Guest Post

This guest post comes from Mrs White at Legacy of Home. Mrs. White and her husband have five homeschooled children, ages 12 to 22. They live in Rural Vermont.

I took classes in home economics for 3 years as a teenager. We basically studied 6 subjects:

1. Sewing.
2. Cooking and Baking.
3. Child Care and Development.
4. Keeping [...]

Our New Adventure with Workboxes

I shared this post on my personal blog, Real Heart Prints, and thought it might be useful to some of my readers here, as well. I’ve been reading so much lately about the latest in homeschooling, workboxes. Workboxes began with Sue Patrick’s Workbox System. Even though I don’t own the book, I’ve [...]

Homeschooling: Setback or Advantage

I posted a status on Facebook last week that basically said that sometimes in homeschooling, we have to take a step back and reevaluate, because who cares about a schedule, if learning isn’t taking place.  There’s a story behind that status, as there usually is.:)

In our homeschooling adventure, I’ve caught myself more times than not, [...]

TOS Crew: Apologia- The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling

Mel participated in this review with the TOS Homeschool Crew.

When I first started homeschooling, I did so much research into everything I could; I searched online intensively, I talked to other homeschoolers, and I went to local bookstores, just trying to find resources to help me figure things out. I still do much research [...]

M2M: Organizing Your Homeschool

With the new year upon us, it’s usually the time of year that we take a step back, reevaluate how things are going, and then tweak what we’re doing, making changes if needed.  If you homeschool, then you know how important it is to do this, especially in your kids’ schedules and study times.  We [...]

Homeschooling Preschool

Many have asked me to do a post on what I’m using for homeschool-preschool. Finally, here it is. The post you’ve all been waiting for!

First of all, when I say “homeschooling preschoolers” this is a pretty flexible situation. I’m not sitting them down in chairs, with desks in front of them, keeping them on [...]

Mom2Mom: When It Rains, It Pours

This is especially for all those homeschooling mamas out there….or the mamas who have had days that seem like the old saying: “When it rains, it pours.” You know who you are.:) My husband said I needed to post about this and call it, “Just My Luck,” or talk about how anything that’s going to [...]