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The Day I Gave Up on Homeschool
Have you ever had one of those days? Ya know, the kind of day where you wonder why in the world you ever thought it was a good idea to homeschool? Or why you thought it was a good idea to have kids in the first place? The kind of day where your kid(s) just will not do their school work and it turns into a major power struggle and before you know it you [...]
Our Homeschool Room | Urban Homeschooling
One purpose of this blog is to show that anyone who wants to homeschool can homeschool. You don't have to have a certain kind of house or a certain kind of kid or be a certain kind of parent. If you want to, you can homeschool, and you can do it very, very well. When we were getting ready to downsize to our 750 sq ft apartment I was kind of surprised when some friends [...]
You Can Learn Anything
How many times has somebody praised you for being smart or for being good at something? How does it feel? When I was a kid I was known for being good at lots of things. I was athletic. I was smart, always at the top of the class. I was tall and had long blonde curly hair. I had lots of friends. From the outside, I had it all. I distinctly remember coming home from [...]
Homeschool Schedule
I finally sat down and made a really complicated schedule for our homeschool days. Are you ready to hear it? It's really crazy. 30 minutes of reading 30 minutes of math 30 minutes of science/art or whatever other project we want to do And look, I am so stinkin' artistic, I even made this poster. In four colors! I know you are all jealous of this gorgeousness, so if you are lucky, I'll post a [...]
Why We Homeschool
Whew, the big question, right? Why we homeschool. We get asked this all the time. I have written and rewritten this article at least three times now. Sometimes it's really difficult to pinpoint exactly why you do the things you do. I think my answer to this changes every single time someone asks it. We have so many reasons for homeschooling our kids and those reasons have evolved and keep evolving as we go. I'm [...]
