bodner095

A mom in your neighborhood is preparing lessons to teach her children. In the minute it takes you to read this, moms all over the USA are using their "freedoms" and investing their own money in their child's literacy, prosperity and future. This mom does this because she knows government run schools are not working anymore. She is saving millions in tax dollars by homeschooling her child. Pray for a homeschool mom, love a homeschool mom, and appreciate a homeschool mom! I love this sign!!

LOL...The Homeschooled Young Man asked me the other day "Mom, you need to help me figure out how much cologne to put on." My husband replies "Son, don't ask things like that of your Mother, you know how she is. She will plan a unit study, you will have to get on a plane and travel to Zimbabwe to study some exotic herb that is harvested to make cologne." LOL...Me? A Homeschool Mom, do that? YES!!! I would do that! What about you? My reply to my husband was, "How do you even know what a unit study is?" He says "I just know."  That totally threw me for a loop, I thought my husband's only understanding of homeschooling was the following... 1. The house is always messy with books & papers 2. We are always taking a field trip 3. The child will graduate with a diploma 4. The house is always messy with books and papers (oh, wait, already said that one...lol...but it's a biggy. I guess we are rubbing off on him, hahaha. Got to love those h...

Come and get your Hey Mama! Schoolhouse Planner 2015-16  just click on the link and you will be able to download the planner to your computer. " CHOOSE THE DIGITAL OPTION TO GET IT FREE THIS WEEK! This planner is full of calendars, lists, and charts – all to help you keep your family on schedule. Don’t miss your chance to own our downloadable 2015-16 Hey Mama Planner! Or, purchase the CD instead! 175 pages." How are the Schoolhouse Planners different from All the “Other” Homeschool Planners? Each of our planners is interactive, allowing you to enter your children’s information – daily lessons, monthly agendas, curriculum choices, semester goals, etc. No need to print every single page. Print what you need when you need it. Flexibility to change your homeschooling plan on the fly. Customize the planner to fit your needs. Print it and use in a binder, changing out pages as needed, or print individual pages for your children to use and follow for the wee...

I love to look at other home educators school rooms to get ideas for our school space. This one is from Ikea and very COOL! You can see more pictures on Confessions of a homschooler blog at. http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2011/08/our-schoolroom-on-ikea.html#comment-32408 Look how neat and orderly this is? WOW!! Now, I will post a picture of my humble little home school area, we use workboxes. The Adoptive Mom Homeschooling An Only Child's version of the Workboxes, decorated using my Cricut machine (love that thing!) and the Locker Talk cartridge. My Cricut is my must have homeschool tool. Using stacking drawers/bins from Hobby Lobby bought using my 40% off coupon of course! Above is my built-in workbox from our home remodel. This space was two large windows in our dining room. Our contractor thought I was crazy when I ask him to do this, until he saw how many books we had! lol. Once he finished it and I had all the books ...

I am really surprised that this is the most popular blog post of 2015!! It's very near and dear to my heart, but I was thinking that most people stopped by (over 100,000 of you!) to get the yummy recipes! But I guess I am wrong. Here is the most popular blog post from 2015. POKING FUN IN THE HOMESCHOOL With the Homeschooled Young Man going into his junior year of high school in the fall, I've been doing a lot of reflecting and thinking back on our homeschool years. We have been downsizing our homeschool materials for an upcoming used curriculum sale and it has brought back some fond memories of days gone by. Just today as I was sitting in my rocking chair, a chair that holds many fond memories (our church nursery was remodeled and they bought brand new rocking chairs and gave away the old ones. They were delivered to my house and what a blessing it was to sit down in one, pick up the phone and call my out of state friend and say "Guess what I am doing? I am sitting in one ...

The NEW YEAR can be full of new ideas for your homeschool!! I have been given permission to share these ideas with you from Mary Beth a fellow homeschooling mom, she says that the first 3 ideas came from Chris Davis of Home School Marketplace, but the rest are her own. Long before I read Mary Beth's list I had come up with a similar listing for our homeschool and it's helped me through the years to revisit the list to make sure we are on target. Mary Beth was answering the following question. What curriculum do you like best and why? 1. What things did you do or learn in school that have served you well in your adult life? (Be sure to include them in your curriculum.) 2. What things did you do or learn in school that have proven to have been a waste of time? (Don't bother with these.) 3. What do you wish someone had taught you? (Be sure to include them.) 4. There is a reason God put these children in your home. What do you suppose He has in mind for them that you...

We had seen Apologia in the vendor hall and heard them speak at our homeschool convention. We sort of drooled over the Apologia curriculum, but in keeping with tradition we continued with our ‘boxed curriculum’ that we always used. “Why change?” Well let me tell you, once the Young Explorer Series Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology showed up in the mail, it was like Christmas at our house, ripping and tearing of the mailing bag, paper flying all over! Our son was just going crazy over the color pictures, upcoming fun experiments and the activity pages in the Anatomy Notebooking Journal  $19.44 (for either the junior or regular).  My readers will receive a special discount when shopping through the High Country Christian Depot's website using the coupon code homeschool10 one coupon per order, one time use only, valid through 05/31/15 . Young Explorer Series Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology (hardcover) by Jeannie Fulbright and...