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When You Don’t Have Enough Patience to Homeschool

January 23, 2023 By Julie Leave a Comment

I think the most common response I get from folks when they hear that I homeschool is something like “I’m not patient enough to homeschool.” I usually respond something along the lines of “Me neither!” While instagram may paint of lovely picture of the homeschool life, the reality of being with your kids 24/7 while […]

Living Picture Books about Inventors and Scientists

September 8, 2022 By Julie 1 Comment

Inside you’ll find: 24 AMAZING living picture books about inventors and scientists that will engage your kids and inspire them to explore the world around them. (Make that 34 after adding some new favorites!)   We’re one of those crazy families that does school through the summer. But there’s a reason to our madness! It’s so […]

Letter Subscriptions for Learning and Fun

August 16, 2022 By Julie 1 Comment

Inside you’ll find: Subscription letters about geography, history, science and literature. Great for homeschoolers, or anyone who wants to learn! Updated 8/19/22 Who doesn’t love a physical letter in the mail? (As long as it’s not a bill!) The art of letter writing has been declining dramatically but it isn’t dead by any means. And […]

Picture Books about World War II for Kids

July 21, 2022 By Julie Leave a Comment

Inside you’ll find: Tons of picture books about World War Two for Kids. When approaching a difficult topic with young kids, my go to method for starting a conversation is to read a picture book aloud to them. Wars are obviously scary and complicated. But no study of history would be complete( and I would […]

Review of Right Start Math Curriculum After Three Years

April 7, 2022 By Julie 3 Comments

When I chose Right Start Math Curriculum over three years ago, I did so because my son was struggling with place values and was showing signs of dyslexia. He had already been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, so I knew the more tactile and hands on the learning, the better! This homeschool math curriculum has […]

Advantages of Homeschooling Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder

June 25, 2020 By Julie 1 Comment

“What’s that mean?” exclaimed every single kid I met during grade school. “It means my mom teaches me at home.” I’d respond, waiting for the predictable follow up question. “So do you get to wear your pajamas all day long???” Homeschooling was literally unheard by most of my peers back in the nineties.  Who woulda […]

Dyslexia and Writing: Teaching Sequential Thought

May 19, 2020 By Julie 1 Comment

For many students with dyslexia sequencing can be a struggle.  For all children, the ability to think and order sequentially is a precursor to learning to read and write.   We often only think of the dyslexic student’s difficulty with spelling when we think of their challenge with sequential ordering.  In actuality though, it is a […]

Strategies for Dyslexia: Simple Sight Word Exercise

April 21, 2020 By Julie 1 Comment

Inside you’ll find: How to help a child with dyslexia at home with a simple sight word reading exercise.  Many parents want to know how to teach a dyslexic child to read. This post will begin a new series by my friend Jennifer who is a sensory parent, an adoptive parent, a homeschool parent AND […]

Living Picture Books about Authors and Poets

January 8, 2020 By Julie Leave a Comment

Picture books are one of my family’s love languages. The words, the illustrations, the stories that live in our hearts. They’re the backbone of our homeschooling. Over the summer, we combined history and science by studying the lives of famous scientists and inventors. These picture books about scientists and inventors inspired hours of creativity and […]

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