by Kay Chance | Encouragement, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Practical Help
Instead of adding one more thing, why not slow down and simplify this Christmas season? Use these Christmas celebration ideas to savor the season. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Just one more. This wasn’t the original...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, Homeschool Curriculum, Resources, & Book Reviews, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Tips
Candlewick Press kid lit is perfect for building your home library. And with good children’s books you can do a lot more than just teach reading. You can spark the imagination of your young learners with a few simple ideas. When my two boys were young, we made...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, Homeschool Curriculum, Resources, & Book Reviews
This might tell you just how old I am. I learned to type on an IBM typewriter my freshman year in high school 😳 Yes, times have changed, and I sit here writing this on my laptop. But our kids have never known anything different. Today, kids need to learn how to touch...
by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Writing
Do you have teens who are reluctant to write? Do they think they don’t have anything worthwhile to say? Maybe they are intimidated by a blank sheet of paper? Or perhaps they see writing as just another assignment to complete. Don’t worry! You can encourage...
by Kay Chance | Encouragement, Encouraging & Equipping You, Practical Help
This is a guest post from my sweet friend Shannon. She’s funny, creative, talented, and loves her family fiercely. And she knows what it is like to homeschool through dark days when you would rather just stay in bed. She has been there—is there—but she...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool
Don’t stress over homeschooling preschool and kindergarten. It doesn’t need to be anything formal at all. And even if your children are developmentally ready to “do school” make sure that you keep it play-based as much as possible. Some...
