This year my entire goal, when it came to reading, for our homeschool was to help Hanna reconnect and remember her love for reading. She loved to read when she was little, but as the years in public school went on she lost the love, and in fact, claimed an outright hatred for reading. GAH! … Continue reading
My daughter LOVES to cook. She loves to cook more than most things. 🙂 This has been a problem for a while now, because we are going through a kitchen renovation, and our “kitchen” has been out of commission. However, we are a family of go-getters, make it happen, overcome obstacles, type people, and we’ve … Continue reading
This year we set Hanna up with her own email account. It started so she could keep in touch with her old PS friends, which is an important part of the transition from public school to homeschool, but it quickly become so much more. Her email address has become this fantastic communication tool. 🙂 (Imagine … Continue reading
I recently wrote a post about planning. I had this epiphany over the school year, that even as my kiddo and I rebel against a schedule we really do need some sort of framework. Like I said, it’s a great post, problem is… all the things! I don’t know about you, but as a relaxed … Continue reading
This is my first summer as an actual homeschooler. Last year, it was all the planning to BE a homeschooler. I was planning like crazy. Turns out, only one thing I planned worked. That was Science. 🙂 The perspective is interesting on this side of the first year. It’s kind of interesting impossible trying to … Continue reading
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a planner. I love to plan. I love seeing all the pieces come together to form a whole, complete puzzle. Problem is? I hate following the plan. Any plan. I feel claustrophobic. I get rebellious. I don’t need no stinkin’ plan! Turns out… my kiddo is much the same. Last … Continue reading
One of the scariest things, for me, when I thought about homeschooling, was the fact I would be with my kiddo all.the.time. This scared me for a few reasons. Our relationship had deteriorated to screaming matches over math homework, and she’s an extrovert; not just an extrovert… a spirited extrovert. If you aren’t familiar with … Continue reading
We went to see Hidden Figures on opening day. That movie led to one of our best homeschooling months yet. We did tons of learning about things from the movie. I thought if we could do that with Hidden Figures, we could do it with other movies too! I went to one of my favorite … Continue reading
This homeschool thing is a roller coaster. I’m not talking about the long term, over weeks and months of the homeschool journey either… I’m talking the roller coaster days. The day no one tells you about. We have had a lot of amazing homeschool days. In fact, we’ve had a few perfect homeschool days. Those … Continue reading
I'm Jackie Lee. A secular, relaxed, eclectic, homeschooling mom of one. I love exclamation marks! emoticons and say LOL way too much. I believe in learning. My kiddo went to public school through grade 4. I brought her home because she'd lost the love of learning, and I believe THAT is the biggest asset one can have in life. We made it through our first year of homeschool together, had our ups and downs, and continue learning and loving the process. I'm sharing our story, as well as the things that work and don't work for us on this blog. :) Read our whole story here.
