• Skip to main content
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer

A Quiet Simple Life | Sallie Borrink

A Quiet Simple Life

  • Blog
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Relaxed Homeschooling
    • Learn About Relaxed Homeschooling
    • Homeschool Planning
    • Back-to-Homeschool
    • Picture Book Activities
    • Unit Studies
    • Printable Poetry
    • Creative & Visual-Spatial Learners
  • Free Printables
    • Free Homeschool Printables
    • Free Christian Printables
    • Free Homemaking Printables
  • Christian Home & Family
    • Family Culture
    • Simple Living
    • Christian Parenting
    • Comfort Food Recipes
    • The Prudent & Prepared Homemaker
    • Digital Simplicity
  • Christian Living
    • Bible Reading & Devotions
    • Christian Quotes
  • Gifted & 2e
    • Gifted & 2e Christian Parenting
    • Sensitive & Intense Children
    • Twice-Exceptional (2e)
    • Gifted & 2e Homeschooling
  • The Shop
    • Learning Printables for Children
    • Homeschool Mom
    • A Quiet Simple Life Series
    • Your Cart
    • Your Account Details
      • View Your Orders
      • Go To Your Downloads
      • My Account
    • Lost Password Help
    • Digital Products Terms of Use
  • Search
You are here: Home / Blog



Archives

4 Truths Every New Homeschooler Must Know

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2026)
4 Comments

Congratulations on being a new homeschooler! It’s an exciting time for you and your child. If you haven’t read about The Real Phases of the Homeschool Year, make sure you do that and download the free printable to keep for the year. If you look …

Category: Encouragement for Homeschool Moms | Homeschool Planning
Default featured image

Organizing Homeschool Paperwork in Binders | Free Printable

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 (Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2026)
5 Comments

I’m a naturally organized person and frankly really enjoy it. But organizing homeschool paperwork and crafts has been my nemesis. The paperwork and crafts and scraps of paper generated by one highly-creative child has been overwhelming at times. As …

Category: Encouragement for Homeschool Moms | Free Homeschool Mom Printables | Homeschool PlanningTag: Homeschool Organization & Supplies
Default featured image

The Real Phases of the Homeschool Year | Free Printable

Monday, July 11, 2016 (Updated: Friday, May 29, 2026)
7 Comments

There is a graphic that floats around online about the phases of the school year for new teachers. There is so much truth in it and I wish I had seen it when I was a first year teacher. After observing homeschoolers and being a homeschooler for a …

Category: Encouragement for Homeschool Moms | Free Homeschool Mom Printables | Homeschool Planning

Eloise Wilkin Stories | Cozy Book Review

Sunday, June 26, 2016 (Updated: Monday, May 11, 2026)
Be The First To Comment

Eloise Wilkin Stories is a beautiful collection of nine Little Golden Book stories by the beloved illustrator Eloise Wilkin. Wilkin has a distinctive illustration style and the stories in this collection highlight some of her best and most popular …

Category: Cozy Book ReviewsTag: Eloise Wilkin | Picture Books

101 Ways To Simplify Your Homeschool

Sunday, June 19, 2016 (Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025)
2 Comments

Homeschooling does not have to be complicated. We often make it more complicated primarily out of fear – fear of not doing enough, fear of not keeping up with the other homeschool families we know, fear of ruining our child for life, etc. …

Category: Homeschool Planning | Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Burnout | Homeschool Organization & Supplies | Strewing

Why We’re Relaxed Homeschoolers (and Not Unschoolers)

Monday, May 23, 2016 (Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2026)
22 Comments

Of everything that has happened to me as a parent, perhaps nothing has surprised me more than the fact that we ended up relaxed homeschoolers. Homeschooling was always on my radar. Relaxed homeschooling was not. I have a teaching degree. I was in a …

Category: Relaxed Homeschooling Basics

Learning Geography With Gardening

Friday, May 20, 2016 (Updated: Saturday, April 4, 2026)
4 Comments

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables. All opinions are 100% mine. Integrating multiple subjects is a great way to get the most bang for your homeschooling time. Some topics naturally seem to go together – …

Category: Homeschooling Elementary SchoolTag: Flowers and Plants and Gardens | Geography Unit Study Ideas
  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 176
  • Page 177
  • Page 178
  • Page 179
  • Page 180
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 263
  • Next

Sidebar

Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥




Search

Categories

Popular Today

  • Portrait of Calvin Coolidge around the time he wrote "Whose Country Is This?" about the problems with immigrationCalvin Coolidge on Immigration Requirements and Limitations (1921)
  • Portrait of President William McKinleyThe Revival of the American System
  • 100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers SQUARE100 Field Trip Ideas for Homeschoolers | Free Printable
  • Declaration of Independence in Congress, at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776 by John TrumbullMy Country, ’Tis of Thee (America)
  • Junia or Junias in Translation of Romans 16-7 SQUAREJunia or Junias in the Translation of Romans 16:7
  • I Have Senioritis SIMPLEThis Homeschool Mom Has Senioritis
  • Free United States Map Printable SQUARE 2Free United States Map Printable for Homeschoolers
  • Our Country 'Tis Of Thee - A Musical History of the U.S. - 1976 LP Album cover“Our Country ‘Tis Of Thee” – Peter Pan Records Bicentennial Series…
  • Garden memory game printable for preschool and kindergartenFree Garden Memory Game Printable for Preschool and Kindergarten
  • Free Trees Printable KWL SQUAREFree Trees KWL 

Popular Today In My Shop

  • Continent Maps plus Bonus World Map IMAGEBlank Printable Continent Map Set – 7 Continents plus World Map
  • To A Butterfly by William Wordsworth Printable“To A Butterfly” by William Wordsworth
  • Christmas in Sweden Worksheet and Activities 120722Christmas in Sweden – Printable Worksheets & Activities
  • Farm Notebooking PagesFarm Notebooking Pages
  • 50 United States Maps plus DC Printables IMAGE50 Blank Printable U.S. State Maps (plus Washington, D.C.)
  • Thanksgiving By Robert Haven Schauffler Printable“Thanksgiving” by Henry Coyle
  • Word Search Collection 020726Word Search Collection – 37 Themed Printables
  • Trees By Joyce Kilmer Printable“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer
  • Printable Quotes and Bible Verses - Daisies and Gingham 1120 Printable Quotes & Bible Verses | Daisies & Gingham Wall Art
  • Jack Frost By Gabriel Setoun Printable“Jack Frost” by Gabriel Setoun



What Can I Help You Find Today?

Home

About Sallie

Contact

Privacy Policy

Disclaimers & Disclosures

Subscribe

Make a Donation

Tags

My Telegram

My Printables Shop

My Account

Cart

Lost Password Help

Digital Products Terms of Use

Relaxed Homeschooling

Free Printables

Family Culture

Unit Studies

Copyright © 2005–2026 · A Quiet Simple Life · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme

Scroll Up
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.