We have made it to the end of the homeschool year! I'm sure you are just as happy as I am. But, since we are at the end of the year, we need to start thinking about going through our homeschool materials. It is the perfect time to spring clean your homeschool! When we talked about going through old homeschool materials and figuring out if we could sell them or not, we were mainly … [Read more...] about How to Spring Clean your Homeschool
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What do you do with old Homeschool Materials?
The past week I have been attempting to organize our homeschool supplies. Books, instructor's guides, new curricula that has started to come into our home. This was going extremely well until I tripped over Izzy's bone and sprained my ankle. We will get it done at some point! It is time to start organizing everything since our year is almost complete. We have so many old homeschool materials, … [Read more...] about What do you do with old Homeschool Materials?
An Introduction to Environmental Wellness in Homeschool
What exactly is environmental wellness in homeschool? That was your first question, wasn't it? When you think about environmental wellness, what do you think of? Most people will likely think more about "green living" and how our environment affects our lives. So environmental wellness in homeschool is going to be how our environment affects us in our day to day lives as we are homeschooling. … [Read more...] about An Introduction to Environmental Wellness in Homeschool
Everything You Need to Know about Big Emotions in Homeschooling
Just picture it. You have your homeschool day all planned out. It isn't too much, but enough to challenge your kids. You start with a nice breakfast and try to do all the things the "experts" say you should do in order to have the picture perfect homeschool day. But then, your youngest goes on a tear through the house destroying everything in her path, your son definitely woke up on the wrong … [Read more...] about Everything You Need to Know about Big Emotions in Homeschooling
How to Create a Peaceful Homeschool Life
We all want a peaceful homeschool life. There is no denying it. When we talked about wearing all the hats, I said that the first step was to make a list of priorities and figure out what you can say no to. Saying no is never easy, but once you start it becomes easier. Once we have some margin in our lives, we can then concentrate on creating a peaceful home. As homeschool moms we have the … [Read more...] about How to Create a Peaceful Homeschool Life
How to Achieve Financial Wellness
When we talked about wellness in homeschool, we broke down the eight dimensions of wellness. While all eight dimensions are important, financial wellness is one of the most important in my book. Financial wellness directly correlates to whether or not you are emotionally well, whether you are happy with your environment and occupation. It connects to almost every other aspect of wellness … [Read more...] about How to Achieve Financial Wellness