Written by Kara S. Anderson It was June. A hot June, and I had committed myself to a 40-day cleaning program. And so I lugged the vacuum cleaner up and down the stairs, sweating profusely, sweari...
Written by Kari Patterson I know, I know. It’s the holidays. No one wants to talk about nutrition right now. But you know what? Two weeks from today the shelves that are stocked with candy wil...
Written by Kari Patterson I hesitate to write this post because I know many of you already have this down, and it might even seem silly to you that some of us still struggle with this. For exampl...
Written by Jamie Erickson of The Unlikely Homeschool As a self-professed word nerd, all of my conversations somehow start and end with, “I read in a book once…” Well-written stories have s...
Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers I’m getting ready to show my age. Back when I was in junior high (See? The age-showing is happening already because middle school wasn...
Written by Jessica Fisher of Good Cheap Eats and Life as Mom Several times during a school year, the thought hits me: I just can’t do it all. I can keep a perfectly tidy home, or I can rock an ...
How I taught my kids to clean so I could stop cleaning ~ Written by Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool Lean in closer, let me share a secret: I don’t clean too much anymore…and I l...
Written by Amida of Journey Into Unschooling. A few years ago, I had the most horrible rash known to mankind. It started as a small, itchy patch that I took for bug bites. But then it grew bigge...
Written by Kara Anderson. It was a few years ago now that we had our very first life skills summer. And it all began really simply. I made each of my kids a morning checklist: Get dressed Brush t...
Written by Amida of Journey into Unschooling. Chinese New Year is just around the corner and for me, it means a massive purge session. Something about the upcoming New Year always brings on ...