Winter Blues

Winter Blues

Some people experience happiness in waves, or in this case, seasons. With daylight hours diminishing and cold winter nights ahead, I’d like to offer insight into seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or what we like to refer to as, “the winter blues.” You might be...
The Best Gifts for Your Kids This Christmas

The Best Gifts for Your Kids This Christmas

There’s no doubt that every parent strives to get the gift-giving just right every holiday season. But each successive year it can get trickier and trickier in finding something that’s staying relevant in such a fast-paced world! Although we won’t give you specific...
Teaching Geography to Homeschoolers

Teaching Geography to Homeschoolers

Today will be the last in the series of six “Teaching Topics” articles that have been posted in this space over the past few months.  Topics covered to date include: Textbook-free Math Instruction,  Finding a Homeschool Community,   Online Technology Classes for...
How to Be an Awesome Homeschool Teacher

How to Be an Awesome Homeschool Teacher

If you’ve made the choice to homeschool your children, you likely started out striving for perfection.  Perfect curriculum choice, perfect schedule, perfect teaching approach.  It’s also likely that it didn’t take long for you to realize that homeschool perfection is...