Free Books to Enjoy While you are Cooped Up

Homeschoolers and parents who are new to homeschooling are all in the same boat. We are stuck at home educating our own children. Some are new to this, others are not. Some are trying to copy 6-8 hours of schooling for just a few kids, and some are seeing that that may not be needed

10 Online Services and Subscription Boxes That Will Save You Time and Sanity

So I am online surfing and shopping during these crazy times. Lord of the Rings is always playing in my home. I’ll be on my own for a while! We may be a homeschooling family but we leave our home every day. This is all weird and all new territory for us! So what better

10 Reasons Why it’s OK to Click ‘Unfriend’

Social Media. These 2 words put together are more loaded than they should be, yet, here we are. I struggle with social media. It is necessary when you are a writer, it is helpful when you have family spread out, and it really is the best way for me to see all the funny The

Upcoming Class: Poetry and Photography

I will be teaching Poetry and Photography with Outschool. This is a one-day online class  is available on: Friday, January 31st, 3:00pm Monday, February 10th, 11:00am Tuesday, February 4th, 7:00pm You can register HERE. This class is based on how I created my book ‘Carry Me Along‘, which is a poem that is broken up

10 Best Homeschooling Facebook Groups

Type in homeschooling in the Facebook search bar and you are overwhelmed with everything out there. Do you join every Facebook group out there? How do you pick and choose? I have been apart of hundreds of Facebook groups for homeschooling families. I was sent a nasty message once because when I said what book

AD: Spanish Programming on Crossflix

Save 82% on 3 Years Subscription with Crossflix Crossflix now has Spanish programming! I am really excited to partner with Crossflix and share about their new Spanish programming! This is really exciting for me because my children will be learning Spanish this year. This a great way to immerse them without me sitting and making

My Book Is Out!

Super exciting, Right? My first book (of many I hope) is now available on Amazon and Etsy through County Road Publications. I am super excited! My collection of poetry has been a long time coming. I titled my collection ‘Lost Poems of a Functioning Mother‘ because some of these poems I thought were lost, I

Lesson: Saola

The Saola is also known as the Asian Unicorn. We studied Saola’s in co-op and here is how we did it. First, Saola is a very rare and endangered animal. It cannot live in captivity. This animal was discovered in 1992 and we are still learning a lot about it. It is very hard to

5 Homeschool Things Worth Paying For

I’m a cheap mum. Anytime I have to spend any money it is the end of the world. That can make just living normally frustrating for those around me. I’m a frugal gal and I’m really good at it. I’ll have to admit though, one of my most favorite things about homeschooling is shopping! You’ve

TeenPact Study Guide

My daughter is off to her first TeenPact event next week and I cannot believe it! We are so excited and a little bit nervous. We will be attending Maine’s one-day TeenPact class in Augusta for ages 8-12. If you do not know what TeenPact you can learn about it here: https://teenpact.com  TeenPact is designed