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Summer School?!
I’m not sure what the exact number of lies homeschooling moms believe is, but it must be well over a couple thousand. I know one that begins to creep into the heads of gobs of moms about this time of year is: if I don’t do some school over the summer months, they’ll forget everything. Of [...]
Celebration Day
My boys are identical twins. They share an amazing bond that I cannot even begin to comprehend, but (on most days) I feel privileged to witness. They tell me that they enjoy being an identical twin, but there are some things about it that are not so great. For instance, about 90% of people who meet them ask [...]
Dad, the Toilet’s Clogged Again!
Homeschooling and working out of a home office. Are they like peanut butter and chocolate—two great things that go great together? If you’re reading this, you’re probably a homeschooling mom or dad, so surely you consider homeschooling to be a “great” thing. Working from home certainly has its positives too. Some practical ones include no [...]
Cooking through the Ages
One fun way of studying history is to investigate – in a hands-on way – a culture. For example, if you’re studying the Middle Ages, it might be fun to research what people ate, and cook up some recipes. A Medieval feast makes a great culmination or final project. This is especially fun with more [...]
Waterproof Bible ~ Bardin Marsee Publishing
Every month, here at Homeschool Mosaics, we team up with a great vendor friend to bring you an awesome giveaway. This month is no exception! This month, we are excited to be working with our wonderful friends over at Bardin Marsee Publishing. If you’ve not yet heard of Bardin Marsee, maybe you’ve heard of their [...]
Homeschooling For FREE
Homeschooling For Free
I had every intention of writing an entirely different post for today. But sometimes God has a way of whispering to your heart that you need to do something else. Sometimes He gets so insistent that you almost feel like He has dropped a brick on your head. That is how this post came to [...]
Homeschool Hodge podge
Can LinkedIn Work for You?
What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is an online networking site for professionals. It is not just another Facebook or Twitter. LinkedIn boasts 100 million members who are interested in professional connections. Those on LinkedIn are business owners, CEOs, writers, those looking for a job or those offering a job and more. All of them gather to [...]
A Trip to the Dairy
A mere generation ago it was very common to have milk delivered to your door. Now, most Americans purchase their milk from a grocery or convenience store. But how does it get there? Most children know that milk comes from cows. But what does that mean? If you cut open a cow, does it bleed [...]
Homeschool Encouragement
End of Year Celebration – yes or no?
Do you celebrate the end of your school year? This first couple years of our homeschooling journey, we liked to have a small celebration at the end of our school year. Nothing fancy, but I wanted to celebrate all that we accomplished. We’d go to the park and pack a special lunch, have an ice [...]
“That’s just how it is.”
We all remember the day our children came into our lives. We labored in some way –with nine months of waiting, heartburn and actual physical pains, or perhaps through mountains of paperwork and home visits, culminating in a little one who was ours through adoption. Either way, we were handed a squirming little bundle that [...]
Homeschool How-To
End of the Year Blues
As we head towards Summer, how do you feel about your homeschool? I expect many of us feel great, enthusiastic about the approaching finish line of the year. I’m afraid some of us feel stressed and apprehensive that our year is not truly finished or we fear our year was disappointing and not as successful [...]
Cochlear Implants – Not for Me
Last month, I talked about Cochlear Implants: the good, the bad and the ugly. I wanted to show a totally unbiased case study about CIs, as they are called for short. The decision to choose a CI can be a very difficult one to make and must be made by an individual based on their [...]
Homeschool Methods
Take a Minute for a Brain Break
My boys are not very good at changing gears, and sometimes getting our homeschool day started is difficult. Cranium Brain Breaks helps to make the transition a little bit easier. These quick games warm up our brains and get us into the right frame of mind to crack open the textbooks. This fun brain shaped plastic case [...]
Staying the Course While Unschooling
Seems to be a bit of a contradiction, but it really isn’t. There are so many curriculum options, co-ops, educational programs, supplements and other options out there, it is easy to fall into a trap that makes you feel like you are not doing *enough* and you can easily become distracted from your focus. It [...]
