Do you ever wake up and simply not want to homeschool? I know I do. I wake up and want to toss my lesson plans in the air. I want a change of pace. Yet I don’t want to neglect my children’s education. Instead I compromise and choose one of these ten educational days when I don’t want to homeschool.
Quarantine homeschool is a new reality right now for us. Having a quarantine homeschool schedule, rules and printable pack is saving my sanity right now.
Looking for fun days to celebrate? Look no further! Check out this great, printable list of 60 fun days to celebrate with kids.
An easy to follow weekly homeschool schedule for elementary kids. Includes a free printable to schedule your homeschool week!
Minimalist homeschooling offers incredible benefits for the overwhelmed homeschool mom. Learn what minimalist homeschooling is, what it's not, and how to get started.
Are you looking for fun national days to celebrate in your homeschool? You have come to the right place! Check out this awesome list.
Download a Daily Homeschool Schedule developed by a Teacher & current Homeschooling Parent below OR use it as a template to create your own!
I was asking this question 4 years ago, so I'm writing the post I wish I'd had. 🥰A little background: Our family began officially homeschooling when our oldest son was entering kindergarten. I wasn't homeschooled and only knew a few homeschooling families, so I had a lot of questions (and trepidation) about choosing a curriculum.Here's what I've learned along the way:+ An open-and-go, boxed curriculum can be very helpful for your first year. We used Sonlight (with no regrets!) and I have many friends who love My Father's World. You go to their website, select your child's grade level, and order the materials. All you need for the year - the instructor's guide, books, and supplies - arrives at your doorstep. You're ready to homeschool! This helped me feel confident that yes, I was doing enough, and had advisors ready to help me if I needed it.+ A trusted homeschool mama in your community is an invaluable resource. If there's a homeschooling mom in your church whom you admire, ask her all your questions. How did she get started? What curriculum would she choose (or stay away from) if she could do it all again?+ Start simple, as it will take a while to find your rhythm. For example, all that a kindergartener *really needs* is a reading/phonics program, a math program, and (for Christian families) a morning Bible/devotional time. If that's all you do for your child's kindergarten year, great! You can add history, handwriting, science, and other electives as you grow more confident.+ Remember that you may not land on your favorite curriculum or educational philosophy your first year. And that's ok! If you're interested in finding your homeschool style, I've linked a helpful quiz in my profile.+ After you've narrowed it down to a handful of curriculums you're interested in, I love Cathy Duffy's review site (cathyduffyreviews.com). Her reviews are straightforward and very helpful.
Create a solid home preschool schedule with these tips and sample schedules.
Winter is fading away and spring is upon us. Hooray! This time of year brings with it some unique opportunities for homeschoolers to create new learning experiences. All around us there are trees in bloom, birds swooping in to feed their hatchlings, and critters running to and fro. So, to […]
7 super fun history games that you can use in your homeschool to bring the past to life! Fun ways to add history to your homeschool day or you want to add these games to a unit study.
Are you in search of simple and practical worksheets to help your child learn the names of days? Look no further as we have curated a collection of engaging worksheets designed specifically for young learners. These worksheets focus on introducing and reinforcing the names of the days of the week, making it easy and enjoyable for your child to grasp this essential concept. Whether you are a teacher looking for classroom resources or a parent seeking educational materials for home learning, our worksheets are the perfect tool to support your child's learning journey.
100 Activities to do with your kids - that are Free!
Want to take your kid's knowledge to the next level in your homeschool? 16 old-fashioned or vintage skills to boost your homeschool experience.
These homeschool tips can help you stay on track every single day. Homeschooling doesn't have to be hard with these simple tips!
Okay, mama we are getting close - are you ready to have an awesome first day of homeschool?! Whether you decide to homeschool for this coming school year only or if you plan to homeschool your kids for the long haul, making their first day of homeschool special will be something your kids can remember forever.I always loved the first of school as a kid, and my kids look forward to their first day of homeschool every year. Why? Because we have so many fun traditions that make the first day of homeschool special and different from all the other days. Keep reading
fun and simple ways to learn all about herbalism in your homeschool.
Do you ever look around at your homeschool and wonder where it all went wrong? We stand in our kitchen stumped because we know we did this right. We have classical books, hand-lettered planning sheets, tea times, nature hikes and co-op days all slated out. We have market baskets and mini chalk boards. This afternoon
Get more done in your homeschool with the free printable homeschool planner so you can stay on top of your homeschool day.
What Colleges Like to See from Homeschoolers. Homeschool high schoolers who are aiming for college get helpful tips from academic advisors Marilyn and Barb.
Ways to Keep Learning When You Don’t Want to Homeschool. It's ok to not follow the lesson plan everyday. Learning happens in many ways.
After way too many Christmas posts, I'm finally back to writing about homeschool stuff (although you shouldn't assume Christmas post...
This post may contain affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Sisters, What! I've recently went down the rabbit hole of home school resources that you can buy and that are also available to download for free. There are so many talented home schoolers these days and they have used their amazing art skills to create such beautiful unit studies and they're quite affordable. I thought I'd share both some that you can buy and that you can download for free. You may also enjoy: Homeschool Gift ideas Favorite Home School Resources to buy on Etsy (skip to second part of the post for free resources) *You can find a full list of my favorite Home School Etsy Favorites HERE and my Etsy Profile of Favorite things HERE This is a favorite Charlotte Mason Quote digital download that is perfect for any home school room Honey Comb Shop is one of my favorites, they have so many different mini unit nature study and the art is beautiful. Raising Wild Things Shop also does some great and beautiful nature unit studies printables I love all these life cycle physical prints from The Rewild Shop And more life cycle prints (printables) from Lovely Wild Sunflowers Shop Pretty Nerdy Press makes some really beautiful graphics for home school and for the home. Such great quality too. So many great simple Charlotte Mason unit studies from CM Simple Studies. MATH HOMESCHOOL PRINTABLES TO BUY Know It All Shop offers not only beautiful ABC prints but also so many great, colorful math printables you can download at a great price. This shop, Artsopomc, also contains some fun multiplication printables and if you're Korean, some Korean printables as well. I love all these very bright and colorful prints from Petunia Be Designs. They also come in black and white as well. Home School Resources to Download for Free First of all, I have created a few free printable resources here on this blog. Free Printable Coloring Reading Bookmark printable Free Printable Reading log/planner (perfect for summer) and free home school planner printables And these free printable Writing and Number Charts. Also these garden journal/books you can download for fre And from around the internet: Jessica over at Simple Wonders has created so many great printables to get your home school started. Much is aligned with Charlotte Mason Philosophy. Along with a great reading and spelling list to download. She even has created a great curriculum outline for you to download. Everything is free or pay what you can. She only needs just enough to keep the site maintained, any profit she donates to a non-profit. She has been so generous at what she offers. You can also find free artist studies to download for free HERE I love all the Humble Place has to offer. She has created so many great artist study units. Most cost a little something, but she offers a few of them for free. I love This Reading Mama. She offers so many free printables, especially for preschool and younger elementary age. I have used her Learning to Read Printables for so many of my kids. Life Abundantly Blog has so much to offer and has some great printables that you can download for free like this nature collection journal Silo and Sage has created some great printables and even has some free ones, but you should also check out the ones for sale. The Measured Mom is another great blogger that offers so many free home school resources like these Math printables and these Free Handwriting Pages which I have used for all my kids. Those are what I have for now. I'll probably keep updating this resource list as I come across others that I think are great!
If you're new to homeschooling, you may be wondering what a morning menu even is. I remember not having a clue what it was when I first jumped in to the
Freedom Homeschooling lists free high-quality homeschool science and nature study curriculum for all grades.
Morning Time is a coming together of all of the children in a home education setting, enjoying subjects that span across a wide age range. Usually these subjects emphasize character training, connection, truth, goodness, and beauty. Here are seven elements of our morning time!
Some of my happiest homeschooling memories come from practicing Morning Time. Here's why I think it's important as well a few resources we use.
I've made a list of 100 field trip ideas for homeschoolers to provide inspiration and help you plan your homeschooling. Don't miss the free printable at the end!
Survival Skills are a great way to get kids off the couch and into nature. Learning basic survival skills builds confidence, fosters a love for nature, and encourages an adventurous spirit. Keep reading to learn how we plan to include Survival School in our homeschool this year! Interest-led curriculum Normally,…
Need a fun idea to launch the homeschool year with smiles all around? Look no further! Here's a big fat list of first day traditions.
A homeschooling Day in the Life from Amber of Pitter Patter and Constant Chatter, who unschools her two daughters in Canada.
How many hours a day should I homeschool is a question asked by many new homeschool parents. The answer may surprise you!
This past summer, like all the summers before in our homeschooling journey, the kids and I spent our days exploring one part of God's creation. Since we live in the tundra for nearly nine months of the year, our ability to investigate nature is limited to summer time. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) Using some delight-directed planning, we usually choose one nature topic to investigate all summer long. This year, the children unanimously voted to learn about WEATHER. Here are a few things we included in our three-month-long unit... Books National Geographic Kids Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun that Will Blow You Away Weather (Eye Wonder) The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting (Williamson Kids Can! Series) Clouds (Weather) 100 Things You Should Know About Weather The Usborne Book of Weather Facts: Records, Lists, Facts, Comparisons Weather (Usborne Spotter's Guide) Science With Weather (Usborne Science Activities) Projects Cloud/Temperature Calendar Every day through the month of July, we tracked the high and low temps as well as determined the type of cloud formation that was prevalent throughout the majority of the afternoon. We documented our findings on a calendar printable and glued these into our nature journals. Weather Fact Fans We put together a simple fact fan and designated a page for each major type of weather occurrence. As we learned about each topic, the children did a small notebook journal entry onto that particular card in their fact fans. Water Cycle Demo Bag After learning about the water cycle, we each drew a sketch of the process onto a ziplock bag. We poured about a cup of water into the bag, taped it to a window on a sunny side of the house, and waited. Within a day or two, we were able to see the water evaporating, condensing, and precipitating on the side of the bag. Rain Gauge Using the bottom half of a pop bottle, we made a simple rain gauge. We set it outside and checked it after each rain. We just happened to have an unusually wet summer this year, so there was a lot of action each week in our gauge. Air Scale To demonstrate the fact that air has weight, we made a simple air scale. We blew up two equal-sized balloons to two different sizes and taped them each to opposite ends of a ruler. We tied a string to the center of the ruler and held the entire contraption up by the string. Just like on a traditional scale, the ruler tipped towards the end with the heavier balloon showing that air does, in fact, have weight...the balloon with the most air weighed more. Simple Barometer A barometer is used to measure air pressure. While our homemade version did not tell us an exact measurement of pressure, it was able to clearly show CHANGES in pressure. You will need: a glass with a wide mouth a balloon a rubber band scissors a drinking straw tape a piece of paper or cardstock and a pen Directions: Cut the mouth piece off of the balloon and discard. Stretch the balloon over the mouth of the glass. Secure with a rubber band. Using the tape, secure the straw to the top of the balloon. The straw should be placed as close to the middle of the balloon as possible. Use the paper or cardstock to mark the place where the end of the straw naturally rests. Check the placement of the straw end each day and mark any changes. You should be able to see that the air pressure raises or lowers the balloon which in turn moves the end of the straw up or down. Videos What is a Tornado? by Monkey See What is a Hurricane? by Monkey See Reading Rainbow: Come a Tide- an elementary-appropriate look at dangerous weather
What is morning time and how do we include it in our homeschool schedule? Come see what the morning time schedule looks like for this homeschooling family.
How many hours a day should I homeschool is a question asked by many new homeschool parents. The answer may surprise you!
Hey guys! I'm currently taking my 11th grade year online via this super lovely ISD. Given it's summer, I'm only taking 4 courses at the moment. Here's my {extremely flexible} schedule: And here is the altered-for-you-or-your-child-that-is-taking-6-subjects version! Add or subject 10 minutes from each time for extra or fewer subjects!
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We start out each homeschool year with grand plans to teach our children all of these wonderful, amazing things throughout the school year, but it quickly can become a tiresome, frustrating homeschool year if are not careful. A homeschool mom’s excitement to teach her children, often must be reigned in a bit to ensure that they …
Hey fellow unschooling families! As we eagerly prepare for another enriching year of child-led learning, I can’t help but feel a rush of excitement and curiosity for the journey ahead. Unschooling …
Games have been a big part of our family long before we even considered homeschooling. Games are an excellent way to spend quality time together as a family. “Gameschooling” is something that I did not find valuable to our homeschool in the beginning. I found games valuable to our family culture but not to academics....
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This is an overview of what a typical homeschool day in our busy home looks like along with our general schedule.
This printable and customizable homeschool checklist is designed for a 4 DAY SCHOOL WEEK. It's perfect for keeping your child on track with their schoolwork at home. Use a PDF editor or Word to add your child's name, subjects, daily habits and behavior. Then Laminate and reuse each week with a dry erase marker or print several and bind in a folder. Then, each week fill in the assignments and your child will check them off as they accomplish them. They can also mark off their daily habits that you would like them to accomplish in addition to schoolwork. Keep track of their overall weekly behavior, by filling in the stars at the end of the week. This listing includes a high quality 9-page PDF AND two 4-page Word documents sized at 8.5x11". For best print results, use high quality paper (either glossy photo paper or brochure paper) and set your printer to its BEST quality print setting. For my 5 day school week click here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1298643647/5-day-homeschool-weekly-checklist?click_key=dec5e0caf1df02eb0b263f3479235a7b150837b9%3A1298643647&click_sum=edd7408b&ref=shop_home_active_2 May be printed and reused for personal and gift use only. Commercial and mass reproduction is prohibited.
Get inspired with these 25+ Fun Back-To-Homeschool First Day Ideas. Enjoy learning fun and more with your kids.
Gameschooling refers to homeschooling with games. Gameschoolers use games as part of their homeschool curriculum. I am convinced that, with a little planning, you could create an entire curriculum using educational board games and high-quality read alouds.
Deschooling definition: planned period of adjustment a child needs when transitioning from public school to homeschool. Understanding how long it takes and why the deschool process has major, necessary benefits in helping a child decompress and successfully prepare for switching to home school and formal school work. Get tips for de-schooling, learn how to start homeschooling with deschooling, the difference between deschooling vs. unschooling and more!
