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Nurturing Delight: Homeschool Art with Masterpiece Society

Jennifer · August 4, 2021 · 2 Comments

Using Masterpiece Society Studio Membership art lessons

My in-laws are professional oil painters, my husband is a graphic designer, and I’m a sometimes-watercolorist. But sometimes our kids need more homeschool art guidance than we have the energy to give.

Masterpiece Society is filling that gap for us — in a classical, creative, and joyful way!

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Filed Under: Homeschool Tagged With: homeschool art, homeschool resources, large family homeschooling

Homeschooling High School: Planning For a New Freshman!

Jennifer · March 23, 2021 · 1 Comment

Our third teenager will be homeschooling high school soon and it has me doing a lot of soul-searching! His older brothers will be rising seniors and I don’t want to repeat the mistakes I made with them. While our approach to high school hasn’t changed, I’ve learned some things that will make the journey smoother this time.

Here’s the then and now of how we planned — and our four-year plan for teen #3!

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Filed Under: Homeschool Tagged With: high school, homeschool challenges, homeschool planning, homeschool resources

Homeschool Outsourcing: Why, When, and How to Make it Work

Jennifer · March 2, 2021 · Leave a Comment

My husband and I are second-generation homeschoolers so we remember what homeschool was like before outsourcing. There were no online classes and co-ops didn’t exist in most places until the end of our high school years. While some curriculums offered VHS classes or grading services, and some kids dual enrolled in community college, none of that was really common.

I know those early homeschool parents would have given their right arms for the resources we have today!

But when is outsourcing a good idea, when is it not, and how on earth do we make it affordable?

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Helping Your 5-7 Year Old Remember What They Learn

Jennifer · February 1, 2021 · Leave a Comment

Some of my kids easily remember what they learn, while others need a little help, and still others need intensive, daily practice — even for things they learned months ago.

But we’ve found that no matter the extent of the problem, the same principles and activities can help. That’s music to this busy mama’s ears!

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Filed Under: Homeschool Tagged With: homeschool resources, primary grades, printables, struggling learners

Changing Our Homeschool Math Curriculum

Jennifer · August 25, 2020 · 3 Comments

Kindergartner using CTCMath Homeschool Family Membership

While most of the world turned upside down in March, we were headed that way last September. With crises in our immediate and extended family, worsening health in myself and one of our children, an evacuation due to near-riots, and everything else #2020, our homeschool has really suffered.

But math has been one of my main worries.

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