Blog Archives

How Did I Get Here?

Maine: 175 Days and Counting!

Revisiting Homeschooling in Hard Times

HOME Portfolios: Its as Easy as 1-2-3

Essential Resources for Homeschooling in Times of Uncertainty

Outside Learning: At HOME in Maine

Finish the Year Strong!

How to Cope When You Find Yourself Suddenly Homeschooling

A Homeschool Profile: What is it? Why Should I Create One?

Letters of Intent: Complying with State Law!

Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten at Home: You Can Do it and Still Comply with the Law!

The Importance of Story Time

The Day I Went to the State House to Oppose LD 151

Tough Love

5 Ways to Lose Your Homeschool Freedoms!

The Importance of the Ministry of HOME

From Good to Great: 7 Elements of a Great Day

Optimal Illusions

5 Things I Wish I Had Known as a Homeschooler

Covering Maine Studies Using HOME's Unit Studies

Nudging Them Forward: Facillitating Independence

6 Ways to Motivate Your Teen

Contagious Homeschooling

12 Ways to Create Community and Love Our Neighbors

HOME Easy Donation Page

Libraries and Homeschools: The Perfect Partnership

The Heartbreak of Abuse

HOME Portfolio Reviews: It's as Easy at 1-2-3

Incorporating Holidays Into School Days

Do I Have a Plan?

Five Minute Lessons

Poetry With Kids Might Not be as Hard to do as You Think it is

It's Okay to Just Have Fun!

13 Tips and Tricks for Occupying Littles

5 Honest Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Consider Homeschooling

Autism Warning: Timers Don't Always Work

Please Don't Ask About My Child

Learning Styles Simplified for the Homeschool Mom

Stop Overextending Yourself: 9 EffectiveTips

Starting Back to School When You Feel Like a Homeschool Failure

End of Year Homeschool Purge

Life Skills Camp

What is a Unit Study

What About Standardized Tests?

Anyone Can Learn

Can I Teach Multiple Ages?

Power-ups For a Struggling Learner

Spring Fever Survival Tips

UnCONVENTIONal Credits, Part 2

Lego®, Pinterest, and Language Arts; An Unlikely Trio

Educational Liberty Versus School Choice

Tidying Up for the New Year

I Am Not Prepared

Tackling the Busy Season with Teens

I Wish My Homeschool Were a Real School

Top Five Latin Myths

The Climb

Just Being (Not) Me

Will My Child Get Into College?

Outside Boxes: A Homeschooling Memoir

Ups and Downs

Turn Your Homeschool Experience into a Business

Book Report Alternatives for Kids who Hate to Write

To Grade or Not to Grade?

Using Your Local Library

Dealing with Pressure? The Benefits of Slowing Down!

Unleashing World History

Inspiring Your Child by Reading Aloud

Am I Qualified to Homeschool

Developing a Family Culture Through Story

Keeping the "Home" in Homeschooling

Plan to Be Energized

Camping 101

Teaching Children Games

Summer Days...Summer Schedule

9 Tips for Finishing Well

Making One Lesson Count

Making Entrepreneurs of Your Homeschoolers

8 Tips for Fighting Spring Fever

Attention, Love, and Behavior

Parts of Speech and Somersaults

Learning Science by Doing Science

Super Storage Solutions

unCONVENTIONal Credits

Convention Meals on a Budget

I Totally Want to Quit.(But I Won't)

The Spoken Word

When to Stop Reading to Your Child

3 Reasons to Read to Kids who know how to Read

National School Choice Week: An Interview with Andrew Campanella

The Foundation of Relationships

Can I Teach Everything?

Tomorrow is Always Fresh

Did We Do Enough?

School Breaks

Eliminating Burnout

What to Expect from the Math Sections of the New SAT

6 Ways Families Can Serve Others on our Day of Thanks

Please Don't Ask About My Child

 14 Ways to End Whining

52 Godly Men:  The Gift of a Lifetime

 At Our House the Table is Always Set

"But I Don't Want My Child to Fall Behind!"

Becoming a Titus 2 Older Woman

Burnout - and Recovery

Charter Schools

Disgraphia

Encouraging Your Kids to Write (Even if They "Hate" Writing)

Equivalent Instruction and Common Core in Maine

Gifted Children at Home:  The Good, the Great, and the Nitty-Gritty

Great Big Preschool Toolbox!

Homeschooling When It's Harder Than You Bargained For

Liam Sigaud:  From Homeschooler to Scholar

Ministry Opportunities in Homeschooling

Muses, Music and Memorization

Parents as Inspirers

Schedule vs. Routines

Teaching the Fidgety Child Without Losing Your Mind or Using Duct Tape

Tornadoes and Sponges

What Is Education?