Until I discovered Mr. D math, teaching math was the one subject I couldn’t keep up with in our homeschool so I am happy to share my thoughts on this Mr D math review. As a former middle school math teacher, I wasn’t prepared for this reality. I love teaching math, especially Algebra. I was…
My kids are entering their teen years and the amount of required reading for school has definitely increased compared to their younger years. The amount of reading began picking up the pace during middle school and it continues to increase each year. For some of my kids, this is a welcome change. They love getting…
History is the one homeschool subject I continue to study as a family in our homeschool, even as my kids enter their high school years. Unfortunately, it is hard to find quality secular homeschool history programs that challenge my kids to think carefully without presenting easy or ideological answers. And that is why I am…
Creating a homeschool schedule for teens can be a little tricky because of everything teens are involved in. Teenagers fill the family calendar with social events, sports, theater, and more. In addition, many begin to introduce work schedules to the family calendar so it can get tricky to balance the ever-changing routines. But it is…
As my kids have gotten older, they are eager to learn more about who they are and the ways their individual mind works. They love to take personality quizzes and IQ tests online. They are fascinated by the various ways to categorize people, especially as it helps them understand themselves better. This is one reason…
Finding the right program to teach writing in our homeschool has been one of the toughest challenges I have faced over the years. Some writing programs are completely overwhelming with rules and assignments. While other homeschool writing programs are completely overwhelming for me to implement. But that all changed last year when we found the…
Celebrating Christmas in our homeschool has always been a fantastic time. We have enjoyed fun Christmas homeschooling memories for years, but now that the kids have entered the teen years, it is a little different. My kids have schedules and responsibilities outside of our home in a way that they didn’t when they were little,…
