There are many advantages of homeschooling a child with special needs. Not only does it gift you with the opportunity to strengthen the bond between you and your unique learner. It also provides your child with individualized attention that would simply not be possible in a classroom environment. While many schools offer programs that offer…
If you’ve been following our homeschooling life, you know we’ve been homeschooling since our oldest kiddo was preschool age. It’s hard to believe that now we’re homeschooling middle school! If you have preschool-age kids in your house, you might enjoy exploring what the preschool years have looked like in our homeschool. Over the years, I…
When my oldest son was preschool age, Homeschool Preschool just kind of happened for us. As a former classroom teacher, I enjoyed doing activities with my little guy in those early years while daddy was at work, and our journey with homeschooling grew from there! Now, we are several years in to a homeschooling lifestyle…
Is anything more challenging for families than getting out the door for church on Sunday mornings? Sunday Morning can feel daunting – especially if there are little ones in your house. Sometimes, by the time I arrive at the House of the Lord, I feel like I have run a marathon, and I am NOT…
Tracing and Writing in Salt has consistently been a favorite sensory learning activity in our homeschooling. In the preschool years, it has been a fantastic sensory experience for my little learners. Of course, they enjoy freely scribbling or drawing in the salt. This can be very calming for little ones while also serving as excellent…
If you’ve been working to simplify your home, know you are not alone. I’ve shared our family’s journey to a more minimal lifestyle, and as we continue along this path, we continue to find more and more ways to minimize the inventory in our home. If we’ve learned anything throughout our own personal process of…