If you homeschool, getting your kids to do school in the summer can be an issue for you at times. Maybe you decide that doing school year round is something you’d like to try – you have to start sometime right? Perhaps this new change in routine is met with some, let’s say, resistance. Or maybe, if you’re like our family, you decide to move right before the official “end” of the… Continue Reading
DIY Planner: Revised and Improved for 2011-12
It’s that time of year again! Do you have your planner ready? Do you buy one already made or do you design your own? Last year, I learned that I can make my own planner very inexpensively. AND I could make it however I wanted. Determined to not end up with a bunch of pages unused because they just don’t suit my record-keeping style, I designed my own and took… Continue Reading
The K12FREEHOMESCHOOL & Mimi Rothschild Experience
Some time ago, I wrote a series of posts on my experience with K12FREEHOMESCHOOL and Mimi Rothschild. I did this for two reasons…one, to truthfully share my experience – there are some unflattering accounts out there on the web and I felt that I should share my own experience in the hopes that those considering joining the academies that are run by Mrs. Rothschild can use it to make an… Continue Reading
We Do It Our Way: Embracing Our Homeschool Style
Are you struggling in your homeschool? Maybe you’re trying to put the square peg in the round hole… I have finally come to grips with the fact that we are, indeed, unschoolers. However, I have a passion for forms. I love charts, planning pages and the like, but truth be told, I end up either using them for a while then fizzling out or not using them at all. I… Continue Reading
[Pt 2] K12FreeHomeSchool and Mimi Rothschild: My Own Experience
In my eagerness to present a true account of my experience with K12FREEHOMESCHOOL and Mimi Rothschild, I did not count the cost in how I presented my story. I’m afraid that it’s possible that the manner in which I structured my posts was not as helpful as I’d hoped. I in no way wanted to hinder or harm Mrs. Rothschild or her business. I did not consider that perhaps people… Continue Reading
