It’s a common thing for many homeschooling parents to get busy with schedules, tasks, and life on the whole. There is a lot of room for flexibility, and that makes it easy for our schedules to fill up quite quickly without even realizing it. Though it is usually filled with many good things, our time with God tends to get pushed off to the side unwillingly.

When our son was nearing preschool, my husband and I discussed the possibility of homeschooling him, at least during his preschool years. You have to understand, in the Philippines, enrolling in a good preschool is sort of a prerequisite or preview to what kind of education a child will be able to receive. I was not “ambitious” then. Just preschool. Learn the ABC’s, the 123’s, easy peasy.

Successful homeschool planning first starts with the parent. Consider the type of homeschool approach you will take, the time you have to spend on teaching, and the resources you know you want to use. Deciding on these ideas will help you choose the right plan for your homeschool. 

Loop schooling, loop schedule, and loop subjects are beginning to be hot topic words within homeschool circles. If you don’t know someone using this type of planning, you likely will come across someone soon. Loop schooling is becoming popular, largely because it allows homeschoolers to cover a wider range of topics without stressing about set schedules. For example, if you often get distracted with doing fun family things on Friday’s, anything scheduled for Friday’s is often missed. Loop schooling is one of the approaches to teaching used to avoid the continuous skipping of the same subject matter. There are many different ways to loop your education, and you will need to find what works for your family but here are a few ideas. What is Loop Schooling?

My kindergartener and I have been learning about supercentenarians as you can see from his barrage of questions above. Our homeschool at his age consists of reading books, drawing, talking (He is quite a chatterbox!) and watching a lot of videos. It is all very informal–we do not really follow a set curriculum.

We moved from Nova Scotia to a small farm town in southern Saskatchewan in 2009 immediately after we were married. I was a newly graduated teacher, and my husband a newly graduated RCMP officer. We had hopes and dreams of having a big family. Our new church and community was full of large families, with an average of 4-6 children in each. Our small community also had a 4-day school week and several homeschool families. 

Thanksgiving is a holiday quite widely celebrated across Canada. Different cultures and families may have slightly different ways they spend their Thanksgiving. Traditions are such an excellent way to bond a family. Read about some of the traditions of the staff of The Canadian Schoolhouse.

Do you have a child who enjoys music and is expressing an interest in learning about careers in music? There are many options for careers in music. Some possible options for music careers are  Music Teacher, Composer, Performer/Singer, Sound Engineer, Instrument Maker and Repair Technician, Music Therapist, Music Director.