Expanding clutter, unfolded laundry, misplaced assignments, telephone interruptions,  and scraps of scribbled “to-do’s” are only a few of the many things that threaten to rob you of your daily peace.  Homeschooling is a demanding lifestyle.  When you add multiple children and the needs of a spouse, the challenges to stay organized and “on-task” rapidly mount.   Read More→

Sometimes you need to know when to hire an expert and when to make the project yourself.  Experts usually cost lots of money, and often, you could have done the same work at home and had more fun.  I once paid a seamstress to create custom window treatments for my living room, and yes, they look professional, but honestly, I know how to sew window treatments Read More→

Young kids have more self-motivation and daring than we adults give them credit.  This weekend, the New York Times ran an article (Read All About It!  Kids Vex Titans!) about a labor strike in 1899 that “unsettled the empires of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.”  Thousands of kids (yes, look at that image…they are young kids!) used “muscle and wit” to interrupt paper delivery Read More→

What do purple sweet pea flowers and bright green peapods have to do with classical homeschooling?  They hold the secret truth for getting your homeschool plan back on track!  If you are like me, you started out the season with a dreamy to-do list of all the things that you hoped your kid would accomplish, and now that you are well into the semester, it’s time to re-evaluate and Read More→