Every parent needs them, so why not save money when shopping for school supplies this year. I love back-to-school sales! Yes, I’m the crazy parent that starts shopping for back-to-school in June while most are still taking finals. It just fits my mantra – “Never pay full price.” Shopping early and often is the way …
Our family strives to have PE at home, which means indoors in the bad weather and outside when we can. While I prefer outside activities, I need things we can do indoors as well. Having some PE gear at home, along with resources like these fitness games, and knowing what resources are readily available has …
In November, we left cyber school to see if homeschooling would be a better fit for our family. In preparing to homeschool, we recognized the stress that cyber school had caused, so we took a more informal approach to the remainder of the academic year. Here is a recap of our first official year as …
It sounds like the start of a joke, but that's exactly what happened in November 2017. As a former school teacher, I didn't realize just how much things had changed. As a new homeschooler, it was an eye-opening experience.
Read part 1 of our #JourneytoHomeschool here. I never expected to homeschool. I didn’t think it would be a good fit for us, but after the year from hell which resulted in us leaving public school, it felt like we were out of options. The local brick and mortar charter school had an annual lottery, …
