Making Peace an Everyday Thing: Create a Realistic Schedule

Learning Language Arts Through Literature is an easy to use high school homeschool literature curriculum. I have been homeschooling for over 12 years now, my oldest graduating this last spring. (From both high school and with a two-year tech degree!) If I had to choose the one most important lesson I have learned these past…

I do not think it necessary to expound on why we want to avoid overwhelm in our homeschools. Overwhelm equals stress, chaos, and uncertainty, none of which complement a healthy lifestyle. Overwhelm can be a rather quiet beast, creeping in gradually until one day you just CAN'T. I find keeping overwhelm at bay starts with…

How is your school year going so far? Is overwhelm haunting you? There are a few things you can do to re-assess your plans and find smoother days. Let's dig up the root of your overwhelm. The first step is the hardest. Why are you overwhelmed? Is it because you are trying to do too…

Let's face it, even if you love homeschooling, it can still be stressful. Just like the rest of life. In fact, I think the reason why so many meticulously designed homeschool schedules fall apart so quickly is that they fail to account for one crucial and unavoidable homeschool ingredient. Humans. Our goal with schedules often…

Sometimes life is really simpler than we make it. But also, when we ignore those basic, simple things in life, it can get complicated pretty fast. Everyone has a new idea, or is busy unearthing and promoting an old idea, and many times all these ideas seem to conflict and tear you apart as you…

Organizing Idea’s So Kids Remember What You TeachSource file: Organizing_Ideas_So_Kids_Remember_What_You_Teach.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-04-19 23:39:00Modified: 2018-04-21 20:01:00 Organizing Idea’s So Kids Remember What You Teach We cannot store every piece of information our brain encounters in our memory. How does it decide what needs to be remembered. Well, since our brain likes to avoid thought, if…