I’m about 20 years removed from those first major homeschooling fears…(I forget how much they once consumed me!) Will everyone think we’re weird? Will my kids be “socialized”? Is this a viable, sound educational option for our family? Am I about to ruin my kids? Am I crazy? So after jumping through those first…
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Homeschooling Your Middle School Child
Round Three! I am in the thick of homeschooling middle school…Specifically, this will be my third go at homeschooling eighth grade—it is actually one of my favorite years. Thirteen and fourteen-year-olds are independent learners, capable writers, and problem solvers—translation: mama’s life is easier! Middle school course work (don’t miss my 8th grade curriculum post) is…
40 Lessons on My 40th Birthday
I’m celebrating my 40th birthday this week! I keep thinking, surely my birthday is at least a month away—it can’t possibly be June already (plus I had ambitious plans to start exercising, lose the last of my baby weight, and get my roots colored before this milestone)…but here it is. And here I am…staring…

