Keep your homeschooler motivated

How can I keep my homeschooler motivated to their work? Even the most enthusiastic homeschooler will at one time or another go through a phase where they just lose interest. Keeping your child motivated and reigniting the love of learning can be one of the most difficult and frustrating parts of homeschooling. Signs your child…

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Why should I homeschool?

I am not one of those homeschoolers who thinks everyone should homeschool or that homeschooling is somehow better than public or private schools.  Quite the contrary.  I think brick and mortar schools are the best option for many children.  I think other children benefit most from online schools and I think yet other children do…

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So we don’t fish.  I mean I did once or twice as a kid, but honestly I don’t know anything about it.  I often get these ideas in my head though that I get kind of obsessed with and learning to fish has definitely become one of those things.  (as I mentioned in previous posts…

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Today we are working on setting clothing aside not to be packed in storage. What clothing do we bring to Alaska?   Obviously for much of the getting there part of our trip we will be dealing with regular summer temperatures, but driving through Yukon and arriving in Alaska in September I suspect temperatures will…

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Finding the time to homeschool

Selling our house, building a business, and homeschooling….. yeah it’s a lot.  People ask all the time “How do you have the time to homeschool?” And the answer has been formulated through years of trial and error.  (If you work full time and want information on how to manage that read this article first and…

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