In today’s post, I talk about all things kids and books and why I already know my children will be life-long readers. Here are my top 10 tips for encouraging kids to be readers: 1. Daily Read-Alouds If you’re in the homeschool space, you’ve probably heard of Sarah Mackenzie and The Read-Aloud Family – her…
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Effective Music Practice at Home
If you have a kid taking music lessons, you understand how easy it is to go from 0 to Miserable in 3.4 seconds. Today I’m sharing my top tips for keeping music practice at home both effective and fun for young students. My oldest daughter started taking violin lessons from a Suzuki-certified teacher a few…
Getting Back into a Homeschool Routine – Winter Break
In this post, I talk about getting back into the homeschool routine after winter break, the two different approaches and why I’m team Cold Turkey. In the last few weeks, our family has celebrated Christmas and New Year’s, been blessed with another daughter and experienced a mini snow storm. Obviously, the snow storm was the…
How to Balance Homeschooling and Extracurricular Activities
For some people, the idea of homeschooling is an overwhelming prospect in and of itself, forget extracurricular activities. I’ve even heard parents try to downplay extracurriculars as unimportant. They are either too expensive, too time-consuming or too annoying. (I’ve heard this latter excuse used for why parents don’t want to invest in music lessons. The…
The 7 Best Productivity Apps for Homeschool Moms
As the year comes to a close, most Type A homeschool moms such as myself are planning and goal-setting for next year and next semester. Today, I’m going to share seven of my favourite productivity apps that keep me sane as a working homeschool mom and how I use them to make the most of…
