This is probably not new information, but you are not your best friend. You’re not your sister, your husband, your know-it-all cousin or that lady at co-op who told you that kids who don’t read by age 4 are usually dyslexic. 🙄 And so, you don’t have to be their things, either. What am I talking…
I’ve been homeschooling for 13+ years, I haven’t graduated one kid, and I switch things up ALL THE TIME. So let’s face it — I don’t know everything about homeschooling. On the other hand, 13 years is a fair amount of time, and I’m still at it, and I am really good (if I do say so…
I find that when you call something a “method” it sometimes accidentally gives it street cred. So last week, when I started talking about The Cactus Method ™️ of homeschool planning on Instagram, mamas started asking me what book it was from and where I had gotten the idea. So I’m going to tell you that…
The day I quit homeschooling didn’t feel particularly dramatic. Still, relief poured over me as I called the little Montessori-inspired school and asked about enrolling my son after Christmas. Because I was NOT cut out to homeschool. I had given it an honest try. I had put my whole heart and soul into it, and…