Make Your Wall Work for You Working your walls is a great compliment to your homeschool. Whatever you are learning, there is some amazing thing you can add to your wall to reinforce it. Beautiful visuals, simple word cards, or a list of primes all have a time and place to sit on your wall. Kids…
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…
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 we spend a lot of time thinking about something, it decides to store it. It must be important and our brain doesn’t want us…
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…
Every few years I see a new organizational idea for homeschoolers sweep the internet. It is a different method every time. By reading many glowing blog reports of trying out the method, each method is presented as a sort of magical solution to all previous homeschool organization problems. However, if everyone’s problems were permanently solved…
Making Peace an Everyday Thing: Create a Realistic ScheduleSource file: Making_Peace_an_Everyday_Thing.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2017-10-28 23:20:00Modified: 2018-01-04 15:19:00 Making Peace an Everyday Thing: Create a Realistic Schedule
What if overscheduling is simply our intuitive pursuit of balance?Source file: What_if_overscheduling_is_simply_our_intuitive_pursuit_of_balance.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2017-09-25 21:26:00Modified: 2017-09-25 21:26:00 What if overscheduling is simply our intuitive pursuit of balance?