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You’ve decked halls and maybe already diligently un-decked them, watched numerous enchanting holiday movies, had all the delightful peppermint flavored goodies and now it’s time to get back into the routine of life. Getting back into our homeschool groove after the holidays can be tough. Yep, that was my kids miserably groaning and truthfully me too a little bit. I needed this break, I’m enjoying this glorious break. It’s hard to get back into routines, even routines we enjoy. We are going to ease back into our educational routine. Thus, tip #1…. Start Mid Week Start mid week. I’m a public school kid and weRead More →

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It’s February. And whether you get snow or like us rain, mud, gray, and more mud, it seems we all suffer from homeschool burnout this time of year. Ho-hum. Those big family holidays are past and we are in the depths of winter. Since, this is also a prime learning time, or can be, let’s kick those ho hum homeschool days to the curb. You can implement one or more of the these tips to inject a little life into your homeschool days. 1. All hands on deck! Let’s go on a field trip! Because cabin fever is real, get out of the house andRead More →

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We’ve bought a house in the country!! So excited! Crash! Boom! That means moving! Ugh! Even worse moving while homeschooling. We’ve done this before. The weird thing is instead of planning for 3 kiddos’ school work, I only have 1 to plan for this year. And a very energetic busy 1 year old. My oldest 2 graduated this year. (Come back for a homeschool planning post) We kinda homeschool year round. We take off June, it’s usually full of camp fun. Need help on how to pack your kiddo for summer camp? See this post I recently did Pack your kiddo for camp. In July, I’llRead More →

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We have just wrapped up my 13th year of homeschooling at Clark Academy. Yay! Yipppie!  We even had our 2 oldest graduate. Now on to evaluating the previous year, summer camps, college prep, and planning for next year. Come back for posts on all these topics.   We also are in the process of purchasing property in the country.  So lots of de-cluttering, packing and sprucing up our suburban house to sell.  June is going to be one busy month. I’ll be chugging the coffee!         I must admit this has been a daunting year homeschooling.  I can be somewhat of a procastinator and seniorRead More →