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Movement Games & Activities for Homeschoolers with Special Guest, Brian Wolfe from Waldorfish Hey hey homeschool friends! Join me for this super fun episode of the Art Homeschooling Podcast all about movement games and activities with my guest, Brain Wolfe of Waldorfish. So let me introduce you to Brian. For the past 17 years, Brian has been… Read More
Three Questions to Ask Yourself So You Can Finish Your Homeschooling Year Strong For many homeschoolers, the end of your homeschool year is in sight. And sometimes, we tend to lose focus at this time of year as we near the end! Today, I want to give you 3 questions to ask yourself so you… Read More
Four Age-Old Truths About Educating Children Every year, I send a survey to homeschooling parents. Last year, I heard back from 75 parents and I wanted to share a not-so-surprising discovery I found in their responses… Personally, this confirms everything I know about educating children that I’ve learned from the past 30 years of teaching.… Read More
Looking Back on Homeschooling As I was turning over the soil in our garden last weekend, I was thinking about all the living we’ve done in this backyard! We’ve had a wooden climbing structure, sandbox that turned into a mud hole, and even a ghost named Bob who sustained himself by dining on woodchips. Yup!… Read More
Festivals and Saint’s Days offer us the opportunity to mark the turning of the seasons and to connect with our children. I hope this little story for Saint Patrick’s Day makes you smile. It’s a fun one to tell! The Peddler’s Tale is an Irish story about the importance of following one’s dreams and being… Read More
Homeschooling Simplified As homeschoolers, sometimes we find that we need to scale back to homeschooling simplified. Whether it’s because of a global pandemic, a sick family member, a new baby, or mama’s health…sometimes life brings the unexpected. This has come up in quite a few of my conversations with homeschoolers recently. And in this episode,… Read More
4 Ways to Lighten Your Homeschool Mindset Today, I want to talk about mindset because how we think and what we believe about the world affects what we think, how we feel, act and react. Mindset is a huge part of our daily lives. Translated, this simply means we all want to feel better about… Read More
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Teaching and Learning This pandemic year has been so challenging for parents and teachers and children alike! But from my vantage point, the pandemic has taught us about teaching and learning in a lot of new ways. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what we’ve learned about… Read More
Create a Simple Morning Routine for a Strong Start to Your Homeschooling Day If you feel like you’re giving and giving all day long as a homeschooling mom, with very little time for yourself, then now is the time to create a morning routine just for you. No matter where you are on your homeschooling… Read More
3 Ways to Build a Homeschooling Community I’d love to share with you 3 ways to find and build a homeschooling community. At the start of my homeschooling journey, I worried a lot about how I would find community for myself and my kiddos. Perhaps you’ve felt this same worry! The truth is that homeschooling… Read More
