The Intentional Homeschooling Mini Planner
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The Intentional Homeschooling Mini Planner

ByChantel

Today I’m excited to share something with you that I have been thinking about for quite some time: a homeschool mini planner! I am a planner girl through and through but traditional planners and most homeschool planners don’t work with our relaxed/minimal/homeschooling as a lifestyle ways. I like to have a little bit of planning…

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Math at the Swimming Pool and Our Homeschool Lately
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Math at the Swimming Pool and Our Homeschool Lately

ByChantel

Back when I started this homeschool blog I used it more to share peeks inside of our homeschool journey and it’s been awhile since I’ve done that so here we are: here’s a little peek into our homeschool lately.   THE DREADED WINTER I first need to admit that this has been a hard winter…

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How to Teach Math Without a Curriculum
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How to Teach Math Without a Curriculum

ByChantel

As relaxed/minimal homeschoolers one of the big things we do to keep things relaxed is not follow a curriculum. So many times before I have heard people say “Oh, we don’t follow a curriculum . . . except for math.” For some reason parents often feel confident teaching all the subjects except for math. Have…

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What is a Relaxed and Minimal Homeschool?
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What is a Relaxed and Minimal Homeschool?

ByChantel

To be honest, I personally cannot understand those other homeschool mothers who create a homeschool schedule at the beginning of the school year and stick to it all year long. My Type A side does like the idea but my Rebel side (which is stronger) can’t handle the idea. Our homeschool is constantly evolving as…

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Why We Quit Using the Charlotte Mason Method
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Why We Quit Using the Charlotte Mason Method

ByChantel

If you have been following around here for a little while you may know that we (well, I) decided to give the Charlotte Mason method a try for this school year. I love the Charlotte Mason method, I love all the photos I see and really agree with most of the method. But I am…

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What is the Charlotte Mason method? And Why We are Switching to it
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What is the Charlotte Mason method? And Why We are Switching to it

ByChantel

I know many of you have already started your homeschool year. Here where we live the school system doesn’t start back until the day after Labor Day and while we usually start our homeschool year earlier this year we are delaying until at least the Wednesday after Labor Day. A large part of this delay…

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