Education Meets the Outdoors

Being a home schooled family can be very challenging at times but it comes with benefits as well. In public school settings the majority of students’ time is spent at a desk in a classroom.  For our home schooled family that simply is not the case.  We enjoy taking...

Ready, Set, School!

Ah yes it is indeed that time of year again.  Soon the school bus will be driving by, homes will be a bit quieter, and another school year will have started.  Well, unless you home school. In our case we home school and we homestead, so we have a pretty busy September...

Home School: Keeping Your Tots from Trouble

It may be mid-July but my brain has been focusing ahead toward school for a few weeks now.  For some reason I am a plan ahead parent so this is a great time for me.  I am able to plan and prepare prior to my children coming in and goofing up all of my plans. As I...

Home School: Prepare and Be Ready

The summer and fun in the sun may be on almost everyone’s mind but the teacher in me is screaming to start preparing.  For what? School in September of course! I am not sure if it is from my previous public school teaching positions but the summer seems to...