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Holiday Homeschooling: Traditions & More

Holiday Homeschooling: Traditions & More

Holiday Homeschooling: Traditions & More

Chestnuts roasting by the fire, stringing popcorn on thread, Santa pictures with matching pj’s, and caroling are just a few of the things that come to mind when people think of holiday traditions. Traditions can be an important part of any time of our lives but truthfully most of us have that one, if not more, tradition that brings that warm fuzzy feeling to our hearts and minds. Holidays are often when those traditions occur because family gathers but with that comes stress and the feeling that we have to do more or be more.

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Homeschooling Multiple Children: Finding the Right Fit

Homeschooling Multiple Children: Finding the Right Fit

Homeschooling Multiple ChildrenWe discovered BookShark right away – it was a perfect fit for our family. The prewritten weekly schedule was just the level of organization I wanted in a homeschool program – now I wouldn’t have to create everything from scratch! I ordered the Pre-K program three years ago, when my oldest was three, and I never looked back.

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Connecting Homeschoolers

Connecting homeschoolers: Social support

Connecting Homeschoolers

In the last 20 years to say that homeschooling has changed is a bit of an understatement. With the advance of the internet, how we find things, communicate and more has radically changed. It’s also changed how we interact with one another. The thrill of checking the mail or making sure everyone is off the phone so you can be sure to get that scheduled call is no longer a thing.

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