Timers are my favorite tool to prod along a slowpoke and to teach autonomy to a clinger. For my dawdlers, I figured out about how long each subject should take (plenty of resources are available online for this, or you may be able to figure it out from your teacher’s manuals). After we had our instructionContinueContinue reading “How to Speed Up Pokey”
Author Archives: Bethany LaShell
The Little Things
What do you do with all the little stuff? You know, markers, tacks, glue sticks, math counters, paper clips? Do you have some here and some there, including underneath the couch? What we need is a way to gather everything into one designated spot so we can avoid overbuying or being unprepared. There’s no reasonContinueContinue reading “The Little Things”
How to Set Up a Homeschool Library
Decluttering for Dummies
“Help! I don’t even know where to begin organizing!” To quote a well-known song, “When you read, you begin with A, B, C; when you sing you begin with do, re, mi.” When you organize, you begin by decluttering.My handy-dandy spellchecker is trying to tell me that decluttering is not a word. Let’s decode theContinueContinue reading “Decluttering for Dummies”
You Might be an Obsessive Organizer If . . .
1. You thought of the post-it flag pen first.2. Your calendar consults you.3. You label your labels.4. Your closet is so clean, the skeletons have disappeared.5. You hold the world record for never losing a sock’s mate in the dryer.6. You make lists of your lists.7. You wander into office supply stores to window shop.OfContinueContinue reading “You Might be an Obsessive Organizer If . . .”
Reality Homeschooling
Thank you all so much for hopping over to my blog for the past 10 Days of Organization! I hope you enjoyed not only my posts, but also those of the other HOTM hoppers.Speaking of HOTM, the winter conference starts TODAY!!! Click here to purchase your ticket if you haven’t yet. What is an “online conference”? AContinueContinue reading “Reality Homeschooling”
And the Winner Is . . .
Drum roll please! The winner of the FREE ticket to the online homeschool conference put on by Heart of the Matter Online from Feb. 21-23 is TN Quiltbug!!! Congrats, Susan! I’ll pass your email address along to the HOTM conference people, so look for your log-in information to come from them!Thank you all for enteringContinueContinue reading “And the Winner Is . . .”
Day 10 of Organization ~ On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
Although this is the last day of HOTM’s fabulous 10 Days of Homeschooling Blog Hop, this isn’t the last of organization tips! I’ve been encouraged by all of your comments; usually I answer each one personally and I promise I’ll get back to that next week :-). Many of you have said you’re going toContinueContinue reading “Day 10 of Organization ~ On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!”
Day 9 of Organization ~ Library Books & Other Borrowed Stuff
Homeschoolers love the library. Where else can we access thousands of books for free? (Paper books; let’s not get started on the Kindle and iPad now!) Last month when my teenage daughter and her friend cleaned out her room, she discovered a bag full of books that had been due two months earlier. Oops. Yes,ContinueContinue reading “Day 9 of Organization ~ Library Books & Other Borrowed Stuff”
Day 8 of Organization ~ Car Schooling
Let’s admit it, folks, we car school as often (or more!) than we homeschool. Our lives are so busy with doctor appointments, orthodontist appointments, driver’s ed, babysitting jobs, co-op classes, park days, fields trips, and more that it feels as if we’re gone more than we’re home. Yet, we announce to the world that we’reContinueContinue reading “Day 8 of Organization ~ Car Schooling”
Bethany LaShell 