Sometimes, when giving well-meaning advice, someone will say they “spend their days” on homeschooling, and then suggest one could only work in the evenings or on weekends. This is not necessarily so. My husband and I owned a garden center for a few years while also homeschooling. After that, I had an online business while homeschooling. We did not “only…
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The Transition from Public School to Homeschool
We did what you’re doing, or thinking about doing. Our eldest two went to public school in our little town, and it was just fine, we didn’t have any problems, but I missed them. Also, it was a hassle packing up the baby and toddler to commute the school kids from two different school locations, and…there was homework. Homework was…
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Free College-Level Classic Children’s Literature Course
A FREE CLASSIC CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COURSE I am currently taking a college course on my own time. It is not taken for university credit, but for the knowledge that I’ll obtain from it and because the subject is interesting to me. Our four are nearly grown, but I have happily discovered that the love of literature I received from educating…
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Free ACT and SAT Testing Prep & Practice Exams
Today, I did some research on free testing prep for our teenagers, and thought I would share what I found with you. It’s a bit difficult to locate free testing prep, but I did find some! I also found free practice exams for both the ACT and the SAT exams. SAT EXAM: FREE sAT TEST Preparation In our area, the…
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How To Homeschool for Free (how we do it)
republished from 2013 ; links updated August 2020 Our children are in grades 9th, 7th, 5th, and 2nd. We homeschool mostly for free. I say “mostly,” because someone could be strict and say we spend money on gas or one-time purchases of devices or instruments. But these expenses are optional – we homeschool for free because the material we use…
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