You ARE an Artist!
A dear reader, Kimberly, asked: “Any advice on starting the homeschool routine for the first time? For us, it’s kindergarten so our first “school” day routine ever! I’m wondering how to make the transition from six years of all day, all play!” She gave me permission to share her question with you, along with my answer. So I am sharing some favorite tips and resources
When I was a young mother I wondered why those with older children seemed to not have much to share or say. Now that I am that mother celebrating a homeschool graduate – number two – I know why. Life is super busy. It is a different sort of busy from the survival-in-the-trenches days of babies and toddlers. It is stage of life, a stage
In all my years of homeschooling with Tapestry of Grace, it seems moms can be so serious about learning how to ‘do’ Tapestry. I know I can get caught up in being all serious. But can we set the ‘how to’ aside and focus on the fun? I promise that through the fun you truly will get stuff done. Ready to have fun homeschooling? I
This week we have been thoroughly indulging in Reading Week. I highly recommend it! What is reading week and how do you do it? Our reasons to have a reading week came as the result of several factors and happened sort of last minute. In fact, the idea for reading week only came to me last Friday as we were finishing up our week. Some
There seem to be certain times of year I am keenly aware of the needs of an age range of children that we have. It’s continually changing. Just when I think my husband and I have things set, there is something new. Just how to meet the needs of an age range? I asked myself the same question daily over the last weeks as we’ve
My family and I often appreciate the freedoms of homeschooling. I’ve been thinking on those quite a bit this last week. As we’ve started, slow and steady back to school, I’ve been pausing on the freedoms. Plus we’ve experienced some big milestones dropping our eldest off at college and starting 3rd, 5th, 9th and 12th grade years. Have you found these freedoms to be true
Have you ever wondered about the story behind the blog name Hodgepodge and the mixture that makes us what we are? If so, please read on because I share with you five reasons we are such Hodgepodge. See, even before 2008, I really wanted to blog. But it wasn’t until August of that year that writing and sharing became Hodgepodge. We hope you will discover
We are getting our first child ready to move to college. Making lists, buying books (not unlike purchasing homeschool curriculum), filling out medical forms and more. While we have been doing this, it occurred to me that you might be interested in all I have shared about homeschooling high school plus our college search process. Of course I am still learning. Have you found that
