Homeschooling with Heart Blog - The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Counting the Days

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 by TOSBlog

At the beginning of the summer, I installed a countdown application on my cell phone. I set the app to count down the number of days until we begin school again in September. I thought that, by regularly seeing the number of days remaining in our vacation, each time that I looked at my

Published in Articles, Blog

No Comments

Growing Your Child’s Vocabulary Organically

Monday, 20 August 2018 by TOSBlog

Recently, as we were en route to a camping trip, my six-year-old wondered how much longer the ride would take. Instead of asking, “Are we there yet?” she said, “How much more time until we reach our destination?” My husband and I chuckled at her choice of words, but we weren’t surprised. In addition,

growing your childs vocabulary organically heather eberlin homeschool homeschooling

Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

No Comments

What We Don’t Need for School

Friday, 17 August 2018 by TOSBlog

I’m loving those back-to-school sales, aren’t you? Now is the time to stock up! Just because we homeschool doesn’t mean we don’t use school supplies, right? I’ve flipped through the pages of catalogs and scrolled through the websites, ordering the books and materials we will use for the next several months, if not the

homeschool homeschooling Julie Polanco what we dont need for school

Published in Articles, Blog

No Comments

Don’t Be Lemons

Thursday, 16 August 2018 by TOSBlog

This year will be our 11th year of homeschooling. One would think I’d have all my ducks in a row by now, but my ducks tend to be freethinking, hyperactive ducks. Every year has been a new adventure and I’m thinking that my 11th year won’t be an exception. Ironically, as the mother of

dont be lemons homeschool homeschooling rebekah teague