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31 Day Blog Bootcamp for New Homeschoolers

Day 31: Ready Set Go! + Pssst Giveaway. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

August 18, 2013 | 47 Comments
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND WATCH FOR UPCOMING GIVEAWAYS BY SUBSCRIBING.

Drumroll please! You made it! All the Way Through !!!!!

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Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures

Day 30: Looking Back to Stretch Forward

Day 31: Ready Set Go!

Day 31: Ready Set Go! + Pssst Giveaway.  {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

I won’t conclude this series by saying that your first or second year will be easy by any stretch of the imagination. The truth of it is that a lot of homeschoolers don’t take time in the beginning to fortify themselves for such a rigorous race. If you lose your way, just re-evaluate. Don’t escape and return back to what you left behind. Decisions are personal for each family, but, right now, right here, you need to take time to list everything that brought you to homeschooling (Option 5 on my page) because those ideas will serve as a beacon or signal to keep you moving forward.

Don’t ever buy into the mind-set that somebody else is doing it better. We all struggle equally with our weaknesses, but too we each bring our particular set of strengths to our children and husband.

Discounting what you can do and focusing only on what you cannot do is counterproductive to homeschooling. No, I am not saying to live in the world of superficial homeschooling or creating a homeschool facade. I do believe though in the curative value of positive thinking.

I am not talking about sugar coated homeschooling because there are hundreds and hundreds of support groups, dozens and dozens of print and online homeschooling magazines to pore over, lots and lots of sites for homeschool curriculum reviews and thousands of talented parents that are experts in any given field. Focus on how to improve your situation through education. That is practical homeschooling.

My wobbly knees when walking out from public school when my son was 5 have been made firm and stable only through use. Courage in homeschooling does not come from self-reliance either but knowing that an abundance of knowledge and tips exists in the homeschooling world if only you would tap into them.

I will conclude this 31 day series by saying that I would not trade anything I did for one moment in public school. Prayer, perseverance and patience have been part of my mainstays of my journey. Keep your long term vision clear and concrete through tears of happiness, sadness and plain downright frustration because in the end you are working hard for an eternal reward.

Final quote:

When the world says, “Give up,”

Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”

~Author Unknown~

Would you like to celebrate reaching the end of this 31 day boot camp? Let’s party!

Kelley and I would like to give away one workshop of your choice to 5 winners!

Remember this is not just for new bees, because some of you may be struggling with tips on how to teach multiple ages or maybe high school is approaching.

Giveaway for Free Homeschool Workshop @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

You can choose any one of my 7 workshops. Look on my store page for the choices. Also along with the workshop, you will be able to download the comprehensive outline and print it which averages about 20 pages You will notice in my store that I updated my New Bee program by breaking down the program into several workshops. Each workshop now includes a comprehensive outline .

Are you ready to enter the giveaway? I luv your comments and I try to make it easy on you by just commenting here on this blog post.

Giveaway Ends Thursday August 22 at 9:00 a.m. CST. The winners will be selected using random org and will be notified afterwards.

Add your comments now.

My rules are always simple.

You can have up to 2 entries.

1 . Comment here on this blog post for your 1st entry. Remember, though I always love getting your emails, you won’t be entered in this giveaway if you send me an email.

2. Comment here again on this blog post for a 2nd entry to let me know which  you are eyeballing if you get selected.

Hugs and hope you win!

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Winners Below

1st Winner. Comment Number 23

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 Amanda Durrett
Aug 18, 2013 @ 19:56:30

This is my 2nd entry, I’d love to win the side-tracked class or even the learning styles class. Thanks again for all you do!!!

2nd. Winner . Comment Number 3

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Kara S
Aug 18, 2013 @ 08:07:26

Thank you so much for this 31 day bootcamp! I am so excited you have helped boost my confidence that I can homeschool my 1st grader. I’m even leaning towards taking on my 11th grader too! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

3rd. Winner. Comment Number 12.

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Jennifer S.
Aug 18, 2013 @ 12:57:58

I have loved reading each post in your daily series. I am entering my 5th year of homeschooling and took away lots of great info from you! Thanks so much!

4th. Winner. Comment Number 32.

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Leslie
Aug 19, 2013 @ 10:59:17

I love this series! Extremely informative thank you! I would choose the Sidetracked workshop!

5th. Winner. Comment Number 24.

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abrianna
Aug 18, 2013 @ 20:03:50

I would love to win one of these workshops.

Congratulations to the winners! Email us at dynamic 2 moms at yahoo dot com and we will also be emailing you. I hope this series blesses your family.

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Day 30: Looking Back To Stretch Forward. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

August 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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Countdown: 1 day left to this series.

Never Give Up Days 29 thru 31

Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures

Day 30: Looking Back to Stretch Forward

Day 31: Ready Set Go!

{31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers}

Reflecting on what you have accomplished your first year and even on your first day of school will keep you planning forward. Looking back is key to being able to plot your course the next year or even the next day.

Making mistakes is part of homeschooling, learning from them is key to making homeschool fit your family. Though I want you to take many points away from this boot camp, one point that is especially important to remember is to adjust your expectations to survival mode the first year. Goals kick start your journey and you want to see them as guide posts for the E N T I R E journey and not to be accomplish all in your first year. If you have taken time to learn homeschool lingo, track your week, practice dividing out a book into manageable lesson plans each day and determine what home education will mean for your family, you will have accomplished more than the average new homeschooler who starts her school year only thinking about nothing else but curriculum choices.

Now is the time to figure out where you will have time for yourself in the day, what kind of support you want from your husband and when you will take time for physical refreshment and spiritual nourishment.

Don’t start school and then just “plug in” everything else wherever. Plan your day by “zones” in bigger chunks. For example, mark 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. on your calendar as school. That means no phone calls answered, no door answering and no cleaning. As your children get older, they can do some school by themselves at the table or school room while you sneak away for 10 minutes to change out the wash. Many times now my morning is very free because my sons grow more and more independent.

Look at your progress as a journey, measuring year to year and not day to day. For example, if one year you got caught up on science, then use the next year to bring history to the front burner and cover less science. One year you may add another family member to your family and feel you are behind. You are not, it is just life. Catch up the next year.

Measure progress by longer periods is key to being successful. If I could have this next point bleed through the pages of this post, I would. I have been called dramatic on a few occasions, but here is my pleading point: Do not measure progress by THIS year only. It takes almost a year or more to finally pull away from the public school mentality.

Explaining this point, one remark I consistently get each year among my new homeschooling parents is: “I’ll give this a year”. Wow. What pressure a family has just put on itself. Each family member feels pressure to perform successfully for the first year. An example I like to use to illustrate how short sighted this statement could be is comparing it to your first year as a new parent of your first born.

Mr.Senior 2013 @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool plus

(Mr. Senior 2013. Yes, then I was  less “round” than I am today, but more exhausted.)

I know that over parenting was involved with me and hubby. We use to say that one small baby can wear out two parents and two sets of grandparents. If I had judged having more children on what I did that first year of parenting by over rocking, over coddling and over worrying, I may not have had any more children. The truth of it is that sleepless nights, extra reading about how to care for newborns and asking questions of veteran parents enabled me to join the ranks of millions of other capable parents.  Your first year homeschooling will be your certification to joining the thousands of successful homeschool parents.

Looking back to see what you did your first year will help you to look forward and to not measure success by only your first year. Homeschooling truly begins when you stretch forward.

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Read Aadel’s post here: Ten Questions I constantly Ask Myself About Homeschooling

Hugs,

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Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

August 16, 2013 | 1 Comment
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Countdown: 2 days left to this series. Are you almost a pro homeschooler yet?

Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures

Day 30: Looking Back to Stretch Forward

Day 31: Ready Set Go!

Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

It can take a long time when you are new to homeschooling to find unique things that are free. I don’t think spending a lot of money always equals an excellent education. Also, there are just some really talented parents in the homeschool community who share their work freely to benefit others.

Day 29: Hidden Homeschool Treasures. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

By sharing this list of wonderful finds and freebies they will be at your fingertips when you decide to vary your day. Some are newer freebies and others have been around as long as I have been homeschooling.

And remember this is just a small sampling of the thousands of free resources available to you. It helps to bookmark some of these time treasured ones now.

They are homeschool treasures hidden at times for new homeschoolers. Now you know!

Home Organization Help

 

Just Mommies – Excellent website that creates list and tasks for you to do that are doable. Helping the organizationally challenged with their home.

Fly Lady – Also helps with the organization of home and time. You do not need to purchase anything to follow and understand how to manage your time and zones.

 

Free Curriculum Guides

http://amblesideonline.org/ Grades K-12. Reading schedules

http://oldfashionededucation.com Grades K-12. With links to older books.

http://allinonehomeschool.com/

Grades K – Highschool. Hands down my favorite all around resource for all free homeschooling. I have “known” Lee Giles on line for a long time and when she started this free curriculum, she was determined to see it through and it has grown tremendously. She provides links to just about every subject and grade.

http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com/classicaled.htm Reading Schedules.

http://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/

http://www.hippocampus.org/ highschool

https://www.khanacademy.org/

 

Free Lapbooks

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/

http://dynamic2moms.com/

Freebies Regularly {Some Each Day – Others Once a Week}

 http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/

Great Free Resources for Homeschoolers, Every Day

http://www.freehomeschooldeals.com/

The purpose of Free Homeschool Deals is to help families afford the homeschool life

http://www.freelyeducate.com/

https://www.currclick.com/ Changes once a week

 

Free Preschool Resources

 http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/color-vowels.html

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/

http://funschool.kaboose.com/

http://weefolkart.com/content/homeschool-companion-guides

Homeschool Companion Guides A collection of free homeschool companion guides and resources for Preschool-Kindergarten (4-6 years old). Three 12 week units that flow with the seasons. Enjoy a gentle start to your child’s education while you read, explore and craft together.

http://www.letteroftheweek.com/  Preschool Curriculum

 

Free Science Resources

http://thunderboltkids.co.za/ Comic book style science books Grades 4 -6

http://www.prontolessons.com/index.html

http://www.starmaterials.com/Book/index.htm Free Middle School Science Book

http://www.storey.com/thenatureconnection.php Nature Worksheets

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/levelthree/teaching%20materials

free teaching books and coloring book

http://www.favecrafts.com/Green-Crafting/42-ways-to-recycle-ebook#

Free recycle ebooks

 

Free Math Resources

 http://www.donpotter.net/education_pages/math.html

http://themathpage.com/index.html Free Arithmetic and Skill in Algebra

 

Free Geography/History Outlines/Resources

 http://www.smithlifescience.com/ss2005lessonplans.htm

http://www.prontolessons.com/index.html

http://go.hrw.com/gopages/ss-gy.html

http://daiglerworkshop.wikispaces.com/file/view/foldables.pdf

Free Dinah Zike’s World History Reading Foldables

http://studentsfriend.com/sf/downsf.html

This online version may be used in classrooms as an online world history textbook

 

Free Art/Fine Art Resources

 http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/kids.html

http://harmonyfinearts.org/free-downloads/ Free art and music appreciation downloads.

http://cornerstoneconfessions.com/2012/08/the-ultimate-list-of-online-music.html

 

Free Language Arts Resources

http://www.spellingcity.com/

http://tv.inkwellscholars.org wonderful free grammar video site for middle to highschool students by a homeschool graduate

http://6thgradescottforesmanreadingstreetresources.wordpress.com/

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/spw/6spw2.pdf

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/vp/6vp2.pdf

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/gr/6gr.pdf

http://www.mhschool.com/reading/treasure_workbooks/national/g3/grammar_pb.pdf

Grade 3 grammar book

http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html Reading from K to 3

http://www.wordlywise3000.com/word_lists/  Interactive Free Vocabulary with Wordly Wise

http://www.zaner-bloser.com/media/zb/zaner-bloser/spellingconnections/practice-pages.html Spelling practice grades 1 – 8

http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_28/440000/440708/1/print/Copywork_Aesops_fables_-_HW.pdf Aesop’s Fables Copy work book

http://books.google.com/books?id=NpcAAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8

Free Grammar ebook – Sheldon’s Primary Language

http://www.englishbanana.com/big-grammar-book-english-worksheets.html

Another grammar book

 

Free Older Books

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=nietz;page=browse;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=text-idx;cc=nietz;key=title;value=a

This is not an exhaustive list by any means, but again a small sampling to get you on your way armed with some “back up” that is not costly.

Hugs and love ya,

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(Yes I have clicked on every link to be sure it is working, but sometimes your best efforts are not good enough in the techie world. So if a link does not work when you receive it, let me know. I will do my best to correct it.)

 

 

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Day: 28 Over Scheduling + Over Planning = Over load. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

August 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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image thumb24 Day 25: Homeschooling Happily Through Highschool. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

Day 22: Homeschoolers with Preschoolers – Truth or Dare?

Day 23: But the Dear Doesn’t Want To Homeschool

Day 24: Finding Curriculum For Unique Learners

Day 25: Homeschooling Happily Through Highschool

Day 26: Rebel or Resister – Are You the Cause?

Day 27: Easy Ways to Break Out of a Homeschool Rut.

Day 28: Over Scheduling, Over Planning, Over Load!

Day: 28 Over Scheduling + Over Planning = Over load. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

When I started homeschooling, I printed out EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING that I had found on a topic that we were going to study. I put it all into huge 3 ring white binders. Oh, it was organized, but like I have said before my organization skills had nothing to do with knowing how to teach.

Before I knew it, my shelves were overflowing with “unit studies”. Well that is what I thought anyway. In reality, not the world I was living in at the time, my shelves were full of torturing tools for my toddlers. Over scheduling and over planning are the telltale signs of not just the inexperienced, but of those that do not know how to say no.

We are going to practice how to say no in a minute, but right now, I want to share some questions with you that can be used to evaluate your planning and scheduling when burnout is brewing. Mark this and come back to them anytime you feel tension in your routine.

Have I been home or am I on the road too much?

Have I forgotten how to say no?

Have I taken time to pray, and get spiritual nourishment?

Have I taken time to share my concerns with my husband?

Do I need to switch curriculum or switch out my children with somebody else? Okay okay. Or is it that I don’t need to have my children do ALL of what a curriculum is telling me to do?

Do I need to obtain curriculum that is more structured so I am more accountable?

Do I need to incorporate more fun and relaxing times in my day?

Have I forgotten that curriculum is not magical, accredited or teaches character? I am teaching a child not a curriculum. So a relationship, capturing their heart and a (serving heart) attitude toward my children makes me view them correctly and that is as “individuals or persons”.

Have I forgotten that a child is entitled to a childhood with free time to explore, investigate and have a separate opinion from mine?

I have already shared with you how to realistically plan for your day on Day 8: Organize Your Home – Then School and a simple how to on lesson planning Day 20: Lesson Plan or Lesson Journal?, but I have not explained the secret to maintaining moderation and balance.

It is a simple exercise I do with my new bees in my workshop and that is to put your lips together and say NO! Let’s try it now—-say it out loud: NOOOOOOO!!! There, you said it.

I know you may be just the perfect person for heading up the potluck dinner for your friends, or hosting a baby shower, or leading that volunteer group this year, but PLEASE hear my heart when I say: Give Yourself THIS year to learn how to homeschool and do not over commit.  Think: Are not my children worth the things that I let go this year?

Place a high value on your children’s education and for being there not just in body when they have a question, but with a refreshed mind. Learn the homeschool ropes and don’t make it extra stressful on yourself by trying to be supermom. We all try on the supermom cape at various times in our journey and then put it away back in the closet. Some of us try  to wear it constantly and wear ourselves out.

Change your homeschool mood by turning over scheduling, over planning and over load into overjoyed.

Hugs from still learning to be overjoyed,

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Day 27: Easy Ways to Break Out of a Homeschool Rut. {31 Day Boot Camp For New Homeschoolers on My Blog}

August 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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Day 22: Homeschoolers with Preschoolers – Truth or Dare?

Day 23: But the Dear Doesn’t Want To Homeschool

Day 24: Finding Curriculum For Unique Learners

Day 25: Homeschooling Happily Through Highschool

Day 26: Rebel or Resister – Are You the Cause?

Day 27: Easy Ways to Break Out of a Homeschool Rut.

Day 28: Over Scheduling, Over Planning, Over Load!

Easy Ways to Break Out of a Homeschool Routine

When learning about the Oregon Trail a few years back, we looked at pictures of wagon wheel ruts stretching across two thousand miles of untamed wilderness. Ruts served as a guide to pave the way to the West. No doubt, hundreds of pioneers took comfort as they reached their destinations.

Ruts certainly paved the road for adventuresome pioneers and it is similar with our homeschool journey. Homeschoolers that have gone before you have plowed ruts and left visible markers like free online curriculum and testimonies when their children graduated.

However,  a rut can make each day uninteresting and lifeless. The longer you homeschool, the easier it is to become humdrum about it.

Tomorrow, I will go over some questions on how to tell when burnout looms, but today I am sharing more about how to spice up your day. You know, get those creative juices of yours to flow. However, these tips can help too when you are already burned out and the little yellow school bus back to public school is looking quite nice.

Before I share some tips to bring the spark back into your day, I want you to trust the method in how to get those ideas to spout because it is not easy at times to get creative juices flowing. Believe me when I say that my curriculum planner or unit studies today do not look anything like they did a few years ago. Refinement is a process in education too.  I have to share this one thing that I learned when reading over the weekend about the brain and refinement of information. I know, crazy to read about that, but only educators read about those kinds of subjects. Anyway, it was so fascinating to read how synapses can become more like a super highway of information through constant use.

The more you create and build your ideas about teaching, the easier it is to take one idea, tweak it and make it into another. Information overflows and grows as these synapses working with dendrites bring information in. I stand in amazement that we are so FULL of the capability of bringing our homeschooling ideas from a sagging bridge to an indomitable interstate.

10 Tips to Spice Up Your Homeschool Routine

Look at these ideas that I hope gets your creative juices flowing:

1.) Instead of doing math worksheets for the day, take the day to read living math books. This instills in your children the fact that math is about using it for everyday living. Click on the picture above to see the different categories for books and read some next time your child chimes that math is boring.

2.) Read out loud together as a family. No, and I don’t just mean in elementary school. I read to my sons all the way through to high school. Their memories of sitting in my lap and now laying on the couch or sitting beside me as I read to them not only endears them to me but helps them to realize the beauty and value of reading. It’s not about them to learning to read, but it is about treasuring family relationships and restoring our spirit. It’s about the pleasure of reading without having to do an analysis of it.

3.) Take a family walk. Though my husband and I use to do this by ourselves, the kids have been joining us. They may ride their bikes while I exercise by walking, but the fact that we move for the day helps us to lift our heads out of the rut.

4.) Cut back some text books and add in a homemade lesson plan. I’ve said it before but anything homemade tastes better than box anytime. You really want to do this from the very beginning of starting homeschool so that you can become skilled at it as the years go by. For example, if your science lesson for the day said to read about the planets for the day, take time to act out the process. Your young kids will enjoy twirling around the room as they learn about terms like revolve and rotate. If you are doing some Shakespeare, then assign an older child to recite some of it. Most of us have that one kid that likes to dress up and make others laugh. He is also the same kid that will benefit from a skit like that because it is fun and brings laughter to learning.

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10 Tips to Spice Up Your Homeschool Routine

5.) Instead of a co-op, meet with JUST 1 other family each week to do a project. I did this one year when I was planning too much and I felt like we needed a break. One week we met at my house as her kids looked forward to coming to my house. The next week we met at her house so that we could get out of our house. Both of us as moms were super busy so we kept it super easy when we met. However, just the fact that another educator was helping to plan gave us a huge impetus for our year. We cooked food from another country for one history assignment and made an ice cream Viking ship at another assignment.

6.) If your kids don’t like to write, have them start a private blog. I know a lot of homeschool kids that blog and they make it private. They may only share with grandma or a few other close homeschooling kids. Kids that may not like writing suddenly find a purpose for sharing their thoughts.

7.) Volunteer service. I know a lot of us homeschool because we are not only worried about the reading grade but want to instill Godly character. My sons have taken turns in the past reading the Bible to some elderly ones in a nursing home. The elderly love hearing the Word and especially when it comes from such a sweet face. Food banks and some wildlife preservation places clamor for teens to help out too. What satisfaction we get from our homeschool day when we focus on others.

10 Tips to Spice Up Your Homeschool Routine

8.) Take your work to the park. We have done this many times. Either it has been the first day of school or when we get up in the morning, I can see that this day calls for a change in the routine. Packing our lunch or better yet, according to the kids, driving thru and picking up a home made pizza, we head to the park.

Ewwwwwwwww, homeschooling on the wild side!! It feels goooood!

9.) Start off your day with a different subject than normal. Though it sounds like a little thing, the smallest change in your routine can ignite the passion for learning and take you out of the humdrum. For example, I start off reading aloud to everybody, then have everybody start their math or writing.

10.) Stop. If you are in a rut and you can feel burnout coming, just stop and rest. Relaxation and rejuvenation combat the homeschool ruts. There is no need to be a super mom. In the end the praise we want is from our God, our husbands and our children. Nobody else matters. So take your time and stop to rest and take care of yourself. You ARE worth it!

Take these ideas when the homeschool rut hits and TRUST that you can create some awesomeness in your day if you are willing to continue to work on your teacher skills.

Do you have any ideas that may be a trickle now?

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Read here Sharla’s Post: 10 Reasons Why I Homeschool and Bring Your Daddy to Homeschool Day.

Hugs,

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