Posts by Betsy
5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time for Friendship
5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time for Friendship Thanks for joining me today for my 5 Days of Making Time for Mom series. This week we’re looking at different ways to make time for yourself so that you can avoid burnout. Yesterday I talked about how to make time to read. Today we’re talking about making…
Read More5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Read
5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Read Thanks for joining me today for my 5 Days of Making Time for Mom series. This week we’re looking at different ways to make time for yourself so that you can avoid burnout. Yesterday I talked about how to make time for work. Today we’re talking about…
Read More5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Work
Homeschooling is sacrificial work. Let’s face it: there’s no pay, and long hours. Even so, many of us throw ourselves into homeschooling with reckless abandon because we love our kids, and the rewards of well trained minds are enough pay. The challenge is avoiding burnout. It’s easy to drain our tank completely and then scramble…
Read MoreAsking Questions about Setting: Literature Studies for Teens
As your kids get older, the content of their reading increases in both length and complexity. While you might be able to keep up with some of their reading, how do you inspire them to mine the depths of Dickens, Austin, or Melville? Giving your student questions to spark curiosity about the setting of a…
Read MoreBouncy Bands for Fidgety Feet
It has been wonderful to spend hours in the pool, or afternoons in the park to let loose all of that energy that seems to be trapped inside the bodies of my kids. The summer is ending, and with school starting back, I need a way to expend some of that energy while getting school…
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