NOW AVAILABLE!! One of the hard things many of you have been called to do in this current season is to homeschool or to school your kids at home. Some of you may remember, but many of you do not know, that I homeschooled my own children for 14 years. During that time, I blogged,ContinueContinue reading “Announcement … Homeschooling Help Is Here!”
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The Family Calendar
How do you coordinate a busy family’s schedule when everyone seems to be going different directions at the same time? The most efficient way I have found to deal with mine and my teenagers’ ever-changing, full-to-the-brim schedules is to have a large, dry-erase calendar in a central location–ours is in the kitchen, on the pantryContinueContinue reading “The Family Calendar”
It’s Calendar Time!
Have you bought your 2013 calendar yet? If not, stop reading this blog post. Go buy a wall calendar, a purse calendar, a desk calendar, a family fridge calendar, refills for your Day Timer, whatever you use. Right now! Yes, really! Then come straight back. Now are you ready? First, make sure you have yourContinueContinue reading “It’s Calendar Time!”
What All Home Educators Need: Remote Digital Backups (guest post)
Using an electronic device such as a laptop, tablet, even a smartphone to help store lesson plans as well as archive other important school-related documents like graded assignments and projects is definitely the more green approach. More importantly, it’s also great for organizational purposes— you can create digital folders with appropriate titles and dates forContinueContinue reading “What All Home Educators Need: Remote Digital Backups (guest post)”
How to Keep Track of P.E. Hours in High School
The only thing worse than high school itself (as a teenager), was gym class. I’m uncoordinated; I never played a sport, and every time there was a ball involved, it hit me in the face. And usually broke my glasses. One time when I finally, actually, served the volleyball over the net, the OTHER teamContinueContinue reading “How to Keep Track of P.E. Hours in High School”
How to Keep Track of Volunteer Hours in High School
High school was scary the first time I went through it (as a teenager). High school was almost as scary the second time I went through it (with my older daughter). I’m thinking that the third time will be a charm. My younger daughter started high school a few weeks ago, and we’re chugging rightContinueContinue reading “How to Keep Track of Volunteer Hours in High School”
Staying Organized on the Go: Co-ops
Co-ops Homeschool co-ops can be a wonderful enhancement to our home studies. But it always seems to be a hassle to remember all of the books and materials we need each week/day, not to mention the times when we’ve had to turn the car around because little Susie left her essay in the printerContinueContinue reading “Staying Organized on the Go: Co-ops”
One Thing
I am the queen of multitasking. Just ask anyone who knows me well. Some people would even say I’m the queen of efficiency. But I wouldn’t go that far, and neither would the people who live in my house with me. When I start juggling too many balls, they start falling, one by one. TheContinueContinue reading “One Thing”
What’s Next?
What should I do next? That question has often left me in a tizzy trying to figure out which item on my very-important-to-do-right-now list ought to be the next thing to receive my attention. Yes, I’ve read the books on prioritizing. Yes, I usually make a physical, written list of all that needs to beContinueContinue reading “What’s Next?”
Process the Visits: College Search Part 6
Now that you’ve visited a bunch of colleges, it’s time to process all of the information. I know even visiting one college can put you on overload–at least it did for me! We used a blackboard and made 3 columns: college name, date of visit, current rank. I intentionally my daughter to be able toContinueContinue reading “Process the Visits: College Search Part 6”
Bethany LaShell 