Organizing School Time for Large Families

A parent with a child or two can get by without a plan on some days, but as your family grows, the tendency towards chaos can increase exponentially.  Throw in children at different ages and a mix of curricula and it can quickly turn your smile upside down.  But, organizing school time for large families doesn’t have to be a hassle if you break it down into easy steps.

1.  Prioritize

This is your chance to set boundaries–not only about what subjects are most important, but also about what extracurricular events need to be included.  If you feel that math is most important, put it at the top of your list.  If your children take music lessons that you feel can’t be missed; add them in.  But if you feel like those lessons are on an as-needed basis, then list them towards the bottom.

2.  Plan

Now that you have your priorities straight — set them to paper.  If writing is your number one concern, make sure to schedule it at the time of day your children are at their most attentive.  Organizing school time for large families requires keeping your school plans on paper.  Plan out each month, then work backwards to assignments for each week, then each day.

3.  Protect

Once you have your plan, try not to deviate.  Don’t worry about being “too restrictive” —  research shows that children find comfort in pattern and order.  If your phone rings; ignore it.  You are not being rude.  If you were conducting school outside of your home, you would not be answering the phone anyway!  Try to discourage well-meaning neighbors from “dropping by” in the middle of your school day and make an effort to schedule things like hair appointments or other errands outside of school time.

Employing these few simple steps will give you an advantage when organizing school time for your large family, and help make your homeschool experience more productive.

Six Tips for Homeschooling

Starting homeschooling for your children can seem like an incredibly time-consuming and confusing task, but with my tips for homeschooling, you can easily begin the journey together, as a family, with little headache and great reward.

1. Try not to subscribe to the theory that homeschooled children are not sociable or the odd man out when put into a situation with homeschooled and non-homeschooled children.  Your child may actually thrive more with the one-on-one guidance you offer as parent and teacher.
2. With that being said, one of the more humbling tips for homeschooling is, do not compare your child to another, whether that is a sibling or a group member or a friend who goes to public school. We all learn at our own pace.
3. Find a homeschooling group in your city. They will be a plethora of tips for homeschooling, as well as more groups of children to interact with, and your shoulders to lean on.
4. Make sure you follow your state’s law for homeschooling. Many will require a 40 week curriculum, just as a public school.  Some may dictate what needs to be taught as well. Follow the rules as you would expect your child to. But remember, this is still a more flexible choice over public, where your moral, religious, or other beliefs can come into play while teaching.
5. Once you’ve established your state laws, set clear but attainable goals for you and your children. These can be done in advance or week to week, but the skeleton of your curriculum should be made for the year.
6. Remember, have patience and have some fun. Life is for living and learning. Kids will be kids and each child is their own person. Have the patience when one of them has a problem, is not moving at the rate you expected, or seems confused. One of my favorite tips for homeschooling is give praise where it is needed. Kids love knowing when they’re doing well, not just when they need critique.

Teaching Fractions Made Easy

The children in my life struggle with fractions.  Even the mention of them is enough to cause a few of them anxiety.  Moving the learning of fractions in the kitchen made things so much easier and far less painful.

To begin pick a simple recipe with few ingredients and whole cup ingredients.  Rice Crispy treats or pudding work well.  Read the directions out loud and demonstrate how to measure the ingredients.  Let the children practice measuring liquids and dry ingredients.  When the recipe is completed have the children help wash the dishes by hand and encourage them to measure different amounts of dish water and rinse water.  Let them have fun!

The next time make things a bit more difficult.  Use partial cup measures (like the tin or plastic ½, 1/3, or ¼ cup measures) to measure a cup of ingredients.  For example, a recipe calls for one cup of rice.  Have the child or children measure four ¼ cup measures into the pan.  A few times doing this and children know that the bottom number of the fraction indicates how many are needed to make a whole cup.  Once this is familiar – use a ¼ cup measure to get a half of a cup.  Before long the children have a very clear understanding of basic fractions.

As the children progress to move complex learning, increase the complexity of the cooking.  Multiplication of fractions is easily introduced by double or tripling a recipe for company.  Start with the recipe, paper and pencils.  Explain that you are going to double the recipe.  One by one show the child or children how to multiply the amount of each ingredient.  After you do a couple, ask them to figure the next one.  Continue the practice with another recipe (even if you are not going to make it that day).

Follow each session in the kitchen with written material or worksheets to reinforce what the child or children learned in the kitchen.  It is not nearly as difficult when it is connected to the real application see and done in the kitchen.

Recycling During Homeschooling

Recycling during home school is a perfect route to helping children become recycling partners.  One way to introduce the problem is talk about all the trash a family produces in a week.  To make this point clearer, collect a week’s trash in a visible place.  At the end of the week weigh the trash and record the amount. Discuss what kinds of things have been thrown away.

Once the children understand the amount and the content of the family trash, introduce the three “R’s” reduce, reuse, recycle.  Take the time to review and discuss each one.

Reduce:  Ask the children to look at all the things a family uses in a day.  Help identify some things that would reduce waste.  Some examples: shut water off while brushing teeth, lathering hands, and shampooing hair; using cloth napkins instead of paper; keeping plastic pop and water bottles filled with water in the refrigerator instead of buying more bottled water;  borrowing books from the library instead of buying them; and taking cloth bags to the grocery store.

Reuse:  Ask the children to think about the things around the house that are used for something other than what it was created for.  Some examples might be using rags salvaged from other clothes and bedding; storing leftovers in plastic containers from cottage cheese, yogurt, and deli meats; and taking pop or soda glasses back for refills rather than getting a new one.

Recycle:  If your family already recycles, review the materials put in to recycle.  It is a good time to see if there are other articles that could be in the recyclables.  It is also a good time to see if there is a way to make the process more organized and easier.

If the family is not recycling, here is an opportunity to put a system in place.  Older children can help by looking up local recycling practices.  Involve the children in creating an area for collecting the recyclables.

After several weeks of working on the three “R’s,” repeat the saving of the family’s trash for a week.  Hopefully there will be enough of a reduction in trash for children to see a difference in the volume and the weight.  Review what has been done and think together about what else could be done.

10 Ways to Increase Your Child’s Learning at Home

Here are some ideas to increase learning at home:

 

1. Limit the amount of TV a child watches in a week.

2. Limit the amount of time a child spends playing video games.

3. Play board games like Scrabble, Boggle, Backgammon, Chess, Rummy, Risk and other games that require math, spelling, reading, and strategy skills.

4. Read to younger children every day and encourage older ones to read by providing a wide variety of books and magazines.

5.  Encourage natural curiosity by helping a child find answer to questions.  Even when you know the answer, sometimes instead of answering the question help a child to look up the answer.  Not only will the child learn the answer to the question but will learn more about the subject and also, how to do research.

5. Ask questions about everything (What kind of bird is that? How did people mend clothes before the invention of sewing machines? How did people decide where roads would be place?).  Then have your child help you look up the answer.

6. As you do ordinary chores like washing dishes, laundry, or pulling weeds talk about what you are doing and why.

7. Use learning games, books, and projects as rewards rather than punishment.  It reinforces the fun of education.

8.  If a child shows an interest in a subject, encourage her or him to look for more resources on the subject and develop a project incorporating what he or she learned.  (Beware:  This is how someone ended up with a dog sled in her living room!)

9. As child is preparing for a quiz or a test, let him or her ask you the questions he or she thinks might be included.  Don’t worry if you do not know an answer.  It is a great way to model to find an answer.

10.  Create a question jar containing papers with questions that will spark an interesting discussion or journal entry.  When a child is bored, he or she can draw a paper.

Benefits of Homeschooling Your Child

One of the most concerning issues faced by parents of the current generation is that they are not satisfied by certain schools and their education systems. Home schooling is one of the best options in those situations.

Why home school? Parents must know the benefits that the home schooling system would bring in.

Center of focus: By home schooling your child, all your focus would be on educating your own child and hence he or she won’t be losing attention in the crowd.

Quality of education: You are the sole decider on what should be taught and how to teach. Hence the quality of education will always be high due to your concern towards your child.

Which subject needs more teaching: Your child may be exceptionally good at one subject and weak at another. So you may decide to give more time for the weaker subject. This is one of the most critical aspects that would answer your question on why home school.

Stress free: When you home school your child; they are relieved from the stress of being imposed to huge loads of home works and tests. You decide on the optimum level of education that is required to your child.

These are the factors that drive today’s parents to home school their kids. For all those parents who were wondering on why home school, this article would have given some answers.

Things To Know Before Getting Your Child Into A Home School

How to home school? This is the most critical information that today’s parents are trying to seek. Parents who decide to home school their child must understand the following aspects.

• Getting yourself prepared: Since you have decided to home school your child, you must prepare the right curriculum that would best suit the child’s age and capacity to learn.
• Understand your child’s requirements: Do not force your child to learn something that he or she doesn’t like. Provide something that the child is interested on, and then help him learn the subject.
• Encourage sports activities: You might browse through various websites on how to home school your child, to find out the best techniques for educating your child. Apart from education, it is really important that you help your child play around with other kids every day. As you are homeschooling, care must be taken to make sure that your child is not isolated from others.
• Educate them on life: Help your child understand how life will be when he grows up. How to plan and manage things? How to get along with people? All these things are critical to bring him out as an independent citizen and you won’t find it in many of the how to home school guides.

Is Home Schooling The Right Option For The Child’s Future?

Educating our children has always been a huge aspect in their growth and the education system has always been a separate entity apart from the children’s homes. With the gaining popularity of the home schooling system, one of the major concerns that pop up into the minds of parents is what kind of knowledge their children would gain at home schools. What should be taught at home schools and will it affect the child’s future?

Home schooling is not a bad option when it is done with care. The amount of knowledge that a child gains at regular schools would be the same as the amount of knowledge that he would gain at home schools, provided, the child is given the right amount of education. Along with the subject related knowledge the child will also develop some extracurricular skills, as the pressure at home schools are much less when compared to the pressure that the child faces at an educational institution.

So if you decide to home school your child, just go ahead with it and if you are already home schooling your child, never regret it.

Coping Strategies For Homeschooling Parents

Being a parent is not an easy job! Parenting is demanding physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.  It is a huge responsibility…all the time!  Homeschooling can add to the stressors by adding more worry about homeschooling, guilt about allowing things to go undone, and more responsibility.

Have you ever notice that at times you are most stressed – at the same times your child or children are the most frustrating?  Other people can be so helpful!  “Don’t forget to take care of yourself!” There have been many times when I have wanted to yell in return, “Just how am I supposed to do that?”

As I have matured I have learned a few things that are helpful to me.  Maybe they will be helpful to you.

•  I have to remind myself to eat and sleep regularly.  If I don’t, I am easily overwhelmed and cranky.  The “to do list” in my head just has to wait for me to do those two things or even the simplest of tasks takes more time and energy than I can give.
•  I need to maintain relationships with friends who have a calming and strengthening affect on me.  When I am stressed, I avoid people who like drama or have a need to “fix” me.
• I have adopted serenity spaces to take a short break.  For me the most effective spaces involve trees and outdoors (even when the snow is blowing).  I had to establish firm boundaries with the other people in my world about giving me time alone in those spaces.
• I remember my grandparents raised children with far less money, space, options, and without a dishwasher!  They bring me strength and courage.
• If I am struggling with an issue that I don’t want to share with people in my life, I have been known to call a free hotline (like Boys Town National Hotline 1-800-448-3000) to talk to a stranger.
• And every day I get to take at least 15 minutes to do just what I want to do.  It might be dancing to a song that makes me happy, reading a junk novel, painting something silly, or taking a very hot bath and fantasying I’m on a cruise ship heading for Alaska.

As frustrating as it is to hear, “Don’t forget to take care of yourself,” it is important to figure out how to do that.  It is a gift only you can give yourself and it will make all the difference in the world.

A Child Like Mine

Written for thoughtful insight:

I hope that someday soon your child meets a child like mine.  She is intelligent, funny, opinionated, and passionate about life.  From an early age her hero has been Gandhi and she is naturally focused on justice and human rights.  She loves purple fingernail polish and painting.  She also uses a wheelchair, has a feeding tube and is unable to speak.  Although she has a rather primitive communication device, her main form of communication is eye gaze.  She is definitely differently abled!

You are likely to find her (and other differently abled children and adults) at the library, in the grocery store, at a museum, in the swimming pool, at a restaurant, or even in line to ride an elephant.  Your child will notice!  It is hard not to stare at the wheelchair, the feeding tube, the wild colorful shoes, or the ornery smile.  There is no reason to be embarrassed by your child gaze or even comments.  It is a learning moment.

Here are some suggestions to help both of you through the uncomfortable first encounters and meetings.

1.  Be proactive by exposing your child to differently abled people.  A Sesame Street video, Me and My Chair can be found at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhC7CJPdvOc; coloring and activity sheets are available at http://blog.easystand.com/activity-sheets/; information about kids who are blind http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/sight/visual_impaired.html. From time to time differently abled people appear in books, movies, and magazines which is great time for a discussion.

2. Answer your child’s questions when they come.  Short honest answers are best in public but later is a good time for a more in depth conversation. Be sure to ask if the explanation actually answers the child’s question. In my experience children very often view things differently than I do. I once answered a child’s question, “what’s wrong with her?” with a simple answer about my child’s need for a wheelchair when what the child was really asking was why she was angry.

3. Always assume a differently abled person is intelligent.  There is nothing more annoying than to be talked down to.   Baby talk and talking louder are signs of ignorance not compassion.

4.  Avoid feeling sorry for someone who is differently abled.  What may appear to you as tragic is often someone else’s normal.  The person is not a miracle, a saint, or “special.”

5. Remember that the person who is differently abled is first and foremost a person with all the same feelings, joys, and struggles as anyone else.

Online Homeschooling – An Option For Homeschoolers

With an increasing number of homeschool students, the demand for homeschool tutors has increased. Lots of options and facilities are being made for the homeschoolers and one of the most beneficial options that are becoming popular is the online homeschool option.

Those parents who are concerned about finding the right tutor for their children would find this online homeschool option more helpful. This program offers the students with tutorials and books on all the subjects that are related to the homeschool curriculum.

The best feature of online homeschool is that the students are allowed to access numerous books on each subject online and if they won’t be able to access internet at a particular point of time, they can download these books and print them. This kind of arrangement would give more flexibility, since some students would find it easier to read from the hard copy, than sitting in front of the computer.

These programs are available for a minimal cost and do not require any specific software. Just a basic internet connection would suffice.

Options for Homeschool Tutors

With the changing trend in the education system, more and more parents are deciding to get their children into home schools. The reason for this might be due to their lack of confidence on the schools, their belief on the home school mode of education or due to some personal or family constraints. For those who adopt home school system, finding the right homeschool tutors will be their primary focus if needed.

Some parents decide to mentor their children themselves, and hence do not look for other qualified homeschool tutors. Though this seems to be a good approach, as the children would feel comfortable to learn from their parents, some parents do not have the time or skills.

Lots of institutions offer tutoring services and some of them would even come to the children’s homes, to teach them. These homeschool tutors are qualified in different subjects and hence a single tutor would be able to handle more than one subject. Based on the requirements of the parents, different homeschool tutors would be appointed for different subjects.

Not all parents will need tutors for their home education, but this info is given for those who may desire to choose this option in home education.

Laying the Foundation for Learning to Read Early

Helping your child learn to read can start pretty early in life. A good way to help your children on the path to reading is by reading with them when they are small, even infants. They may not be able to completely comprehend what they are “reading” with you, but getting into the habit will be foundational for later growth.

Be sure to be interactive as you read together. You can do this by pointing out what characters are doing or commenting on characteristics of the pictures (“That tree has big red apples!” or “Is the fox going to run away?”) Interactive reading like this can help your child see reading time as fun time which can make learning to read easier when they are older.

Another important thing to remember is the value of repetition. While you may get tired of reading “Hop on Pop” long before your child does, the repetition can help your child grasp words and phrases. Seeing familiar words over and over will help your child become well acquainted with the different letters.

It will also help them gain confidence to repeat the words themselves. Building a pattern of reading while they are small will help them feel familiar with it when they are able to start reading on their own.

Encourage Their Own Love for Reading

Some parents find themselves wondering “how can I encourage a love of reading in my child?” Reading can be a difficult thing to dive into for some children. You want your child to foster their own love of reading, not to see it as a task or chore.

A good way to encourage a love of reading is by having a library pile. Find a decent sized basket that you can take with you to the library. Have your children fill the basket with books they are interested in. Each week return the books you got from the week before and get new ones (Of course, if the book is a little longer or if they are really diving into it extend the due date).

Encourage them to get a variety of books. Pick out stories you can read together, books that teach skills you can learn, or books that teach about far off places. This will help them see that reading can be an exciting hobby that can tickle their interests. As they start to feed their budding appetites, you’ll find your hesitant readers turning into a starving book worms.

If you still struggle trying to get them excited about reading, you can try small incentives. Pennies for pages can be a good incentive for small children. Remember, the key is small incentives. If the incentive is too big, they won’t develop an independent love for reading. If the incentive is just barely enough to get them running, you’ll find it easier to “wean” them off when they are ready to read for their own enjoyment.

Deciding on Rules Together

Remember, the natural order of things are to stray towards being out of order. A good way to fight the natural chaos of life is to stay organized. Institute a schedule and maybe some ground rules for when school is in “session.”

Keep the list of rules short, too many rules can feel binding but not enough rules can leave kids feeling unsure of what their limits are. Try having a “council” with your children when deciding on rules. By having your children engaged in the process it helps them feel a sense of fairness and encourage them to follow the rules themselves. It will also give them an opportunity to explore their autonomy in a safe and controlled environment while maintaining some boundaries.

Some good ground rules to establish are rules like “The TV stays off when school is in session.” When deciding on rules with your children, discuss with them why they think certain rules are important. This can help you in other areas of parenting; since it clues them in to how/why certain rules exist at home.

Remember, you are not handing over the torch to your children by having a discussion like this with them. You have the veto in the end after all! This is a chance for your children to work their critical thinking muscles and learn a little more self-governance.

Five Time Management Tips for Homeschool

Time management tips for homeschooling are crucial to keep your time, teachings, and tolerance in check. Follow the tips below to keep you and your children happy during the school year.

1. Teach your child/ren exactly what time management is. This does not have to be during just the school day, but even during mundane tasks, such as brushing their teeth before bed, the chores they do, or the time they have prior to going to soccer practice. This may be the most time consuming time management tip but, practice what you preach!
2. While teaching what time management is, have the kids write down how long it takes to complete a task. (Make sure you mark it down as well!) Take a whole week to keep track of the same or similar tasks so you can average out the right amount of time you expect to do it the following week.
3. I find the best time management tip to be use a planner. Use a store bought one, download your favorite template offline, use your smartphone, or write things on a chalkboard. Whichever sort of planner fits in your life style! Also, remember to use said planner!
4. Children are sticklers for routine. Use visual time management tips and clues and use them on a daily basis at or around the same time. The younger a kid is, the more abstract time is to them. Use a magnet on a chalkboard and slowly move it across to a finish line as you teach a lesson. Color code a clock into sections with a washable marker and set each section for a subject or lesson for the day.
5. If you take anything from these time management tips, I suggest this one: Set boundaries. Restrict and/or get rid of distractions during the school day. Turn off the house phone, unplug the TV, place temptations out of sight, and ask friends and family not to call or stop by during school hours. But don’t forget to leave wiggle room, things happen unexpectedly sometimes!

Fall Teaching Themes for Students

Your fall teaching themes can revolve around the connection between apples and the fall season. You can develop many fall teaching themes around this topic and introduce your students to a meaningful and realistic perspective into this association. In addition, you can establish how these fall teaching themes have a disciplinary connection to a wide range of educational arenas including literature, environmental issues, arts, sciences, mathematics, and technology.

We almost certainly think of apples whenever we think of fall. Your fall teaching themes can be based on apples because the fruit is associated with the fall season. Therefore, these themes can be adapted to any educational level and across a variety of disciplines. For instance, you may engage students in the significance and history of the National Apple Month in history class. Beginning the fall curriculum with such an approach would be highly appropriate because you can connect it to apple harvesting season, as well as Halloween.

Additionally, you can use such fall teaching themes to introduce your students to the contribution of significant persons with regards to apples. In Particular, you may explore the contributions of John “Appleseed” Chapman. He was a philanthropist, environmentalist, conservationist, and horticulturalist who advocated for the planting of apples, and he gave pioneers who lived in the Ohio frontier hope, faith and courage. You could also explore big questions related to the history of apples, and how New York came to be referred to as the Big Apple.

You can also use these fall teaching themes to introduce to the students the interdisciplinary connections between apples and other disciplines. For instance, you may examine how these fall teaching themes are connected to literature by authors like Henry David Thoreau and Shakespeare, Biology, Chemistry, Botany, Health, Nutrition, History, Mythology, Mathematics, etc. Generally, your class will find the issues revolving around these fall teaching themes very interesting in any subject.

Reasons Why Most Parents Prefer Homeschooling Their Children

Statistics reveal that many parents have removed their children from public/regular school systems and opted for home schooling. There are parents who prefer homeschooling their children until they reach high school level. Note that, home schooled children can register for the final exams and get diplomas like regular schooled children in some states. So why do parents love home schooling their children?

• Nomadic parents – There are parents who never sit still in one location. In most cases, their jobs demand too much travelling leaving them with no other option but to homeschool their children. It’s very difficult to leave their children in the care of someone else especially at a young tender age because it tends to cause estrangement between the parents and the children. Some parents hire tutors to travel with them and teach their children on the road.
• Fear of the regular school systems – Children in regular school systems tend to waste a lot of time especially during breaks or class periods where time allocation is wanting. For instance, in a two-hour class period allocated for English, the teacher may tell stories in the first hour and half and the rest teach irrelevant issues. On the other hand, if the child is home-schooled the child will be guided through the learning process efficiently making sure no time period is wasted.
• Illnesses – There are children who are not accepted into regular schools because of the illnesses they suffer from. For instance, mental illnesses, phobias, disability issues etc. In such cases, the parents may choose to homeschool their children and avoid any social criticism.

In conclusion, no matter your reason for homeschooling children, you can set up a study timetable, use the right syllabus, and make sure that your child is properly educated much like the regular schooled children.

Learn the Best Way to Homeschool Your Children

If you prefer homeschooling your children to regular schooling, it is best to follow some basic info. Some of the ways you can homeschool your children efficiently are outlined below.

• Homeschooling doesn’t deal with only reading books but also participating in co-curricular activities. If your children love sports advice them to participate in it as much as possible with other children in the neighborhood.
• As a stay at home mother, you are truly qualified to homeschool your child. You can participate in other activities while at the same time homeschooling your children.
• Before you start homeschooling your children, identify the reason why you prefer homeschooling to regular schooling. Some mothers think they are more qualified to teach their children than regular school teachers. If this is so, come up with a unique homeschooling style and let your children appreciate it.
• Draft a curriculum to follow. Note that, there are so many things you can teach your children but without a well-defined order, you will not properly homeschool your children. Draft a curriculum to follow and teach one thing at once to avoid confusion on the child’s part.
• Homeschooling your child doesn’t stop in the house. Look for friends who homeschool their children too and once in a while hold discussions. Discuss how each parent achieves homeschooling on their own. You could gain a lot of insight on how to homeschool your child better. The children on the other hand would diversify their minds with knowledge gained from socialization with other homeschooled children.

In conclusion, note that homeschooling also involves the parents/ tutors learning other ways to fully comprehend their children’s likes or dislikes. In that case, the parents and children alike are learning something new together.

Are you Adjusting Accordingly to Homeschooling your Children?

Homeschooling affects both the parents and the children. Sometimes, it may force both parties to completely alter their lifestyles to adjust to the new homeschooling lifestyle. In most cases, the parent is must change their lifestyle completely to suit the needs of their homeschooled child. So, are you adjusting accordingly to your child’s homeschooled lifestyle? If not, here are some helpful tips to help you adjust to the new lifestyle as the teacher to your children.

• Note that, for homeschooled households, the roles between as the mother and the teacher tend to be blurry. On that note, the mother should try as much as possible to define the roles. For instance, she should set time for homeschooling aside and immediately assume the role as the teacher. This may your child will be able to differentiate the two responsibilities as well.
• Understand that you are homeschooling your child for his/her benefit. Don’t let your personal issues affect your child’s homeschooling time. For instance, don’t let your prior commitments coincide with your child’s homeschooling sessions if possible. Plan a clear timeline of when to homeschool your child and when to attend to personal commitments or appointments.
• It’s important for you to look on information on the best way to homeschool your child. Make sure whatever you do is done to the best of your ability. This is your child’s future.
• Look for other parents who homeschool their children and share homeschooling techniques which you could apply in your teaching sessions with your children.

In conclusion, homeschooling can be tough for both the mother and the children but the best way to surpass any challenges is to adjust accordingly and help your child appreciate the learning environment.

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I have homeschooled my three children for close to 18 years. I also have a special needs child who has a range of needs; I also have a child who has went through multiple heart surgeries/procedures over her life - the journey has been a grand one and I would not change it for anything in the world!

I have enjoyed helping others learn about the home school adventure over the years. This blog is born out of the desire to share ideas and how to homeschool tips with others.

I have been blogging about homeschooling for a number of years now. I have created a variety of content articles on WordPress blogs and also Go Daddy Quick Blogs. This blog will provide a central location for all of my previous content as well as new content to come.

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Thank you,
Barbara
AKA TheRealHomeSchoolMom
"You can be a real home school mom, too!"