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Organizing Homeschool Paperwork in Binders {Free Printable}

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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 she’s gotten older, it’s gotten better. She doesn’t create as much and she’s willing to pitch things now. When she was in max production mode and minimal-to-zero disposal mode, it was seriously unreal. I admit I just let it pile up because I didn't know where to start.I finally figured out … [Read more...] about Organizing Homeschool Paperwork in Binders {Free Printable}

101 Ways to Simplify Your Homeschool

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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. Instead of acting on fear, I'm going to give you 101 ways to simplify your homeschool. Choose the ones that work best for your situation and find freedom in simplifying!1. Consider relaxed homeschooling2. Understand your who your child really is instead of putting your expectations on her3. Ditch … [Read more...] about 101 Ways to Simplify Your Homeschool

KonMari Method Before and After in Our Homeschool Room

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I wrote a few months ago about "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" and the impact it has had on my thinking. I believe part of the reason the KonMari method in The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up resonated with me is I read it at just the right time. We’re going through some major transitions in our home, homeschooling, and parenting.This week Caroline packed away the baby doll bed and high chair her grandpa made her. (Sniff!) She wants to do more young lady-ish things with her room. She still enjoys many toys and activities of a … [Read more...] about KonMari Method Before and After in Our Homeschool Room

A Busy, Messy Home and Homeschooling Stress

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Is your house busy? Is it messy? I suspect for many families this is a significant area where they need to make changes in order to overcome homeschooling stress. However, this is one of the stress factors that is easy to identify and can be acted upon rather quickly in most homes.The bottom line is this.:Find a way to clean out your house. Find a system to keep it cleaned out.I know that sounds simple, but it will never fix itself. You must attack it ruthlessly. Get Rid of Half of What is in Your House I'm not joking, but … [Read more...] about A Busy, Messy Home and Homeschooling Stress

Our Homeschool Learning Room Changed Up

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I love the house we live in, but if there is one thing that I find challenging it is the fact that I am limited how much I can move the furniture around. I really like to change things around on a regular basis and in our former home we had larger rooms that made this a bit more possible. We LOVE all the windows and natural light here, but it also limits what we can do in terms of room arrangement. Before We Changed Our Homeschool Learning Room You can see what the homeschool learning room looked like this fall when we started. It was feeling … [Read more...] about Our Homeschool Learning Room Changed Up

Creative Ways to Re-Energize Your Homeschool Space

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Homeschooling happens in all different kinds of places. Some people have a room dedicated to their homeschool endeavors. Some people study at the kitchen table. Some use workboxes. There are lots of different ways to set up the physical aspect of your homeschool space.Today let's think about ways to re-energize our homeschool space by looking at twhere we homeschool and how we can make it better for our families. Spending Money on Your Homeschool Space But before we go any further, let me clarify one thing. I am NOT advocating spending … [Read more...] about Creative Ways to Re-Energize Your Homeschool Space

Our Homeschool Learning Room for Second Grade

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Welcome to our homeschool learning room!Although learning takes place all over our house, this is the primary location where we spend time learning and creating. I'm Sallie and I home educate my daughter, Caroline, who will be in second grade this year. Tour of Our Homeschool Learning Room Originally our living room, we re-purposed it into our learning room about a year and a half ago. It was one of the best decisions we've ever made concerning our family.I like having a place for everything so it works well for me to keep the … [Read more...] about Our Homeschool Learning Room for Second Grade

Creating an Arts and Craft Cabinet

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Since we homeschool and have a creative child, keeping a well-stocked selection of arts and crafts supplies is imperative in our home. I also believe that the supplies need to be readily accessible to the child and well-organized so they can easily be enjoyed. Today I'm going to share what we have on hand and I hope others will chime in with additional ideas!One key for me was to organize this using things I already had in the house. I would rather spend my money on actual craft materials than fancy organizers!Almost all of our craft … [Read more...] about Creating an Arts and Craft Cabinet

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