Hey Mama Monday: Math Is a Game to Master and It’s Fun, Mama!

Have you ever wondered “I don’t love math so how can I homeschool my child”? Believe me, you can do this! There are so many ways and means of teaching that even if you are not good at math, your child can be good at math! Math is my weak area. I can make it through teaching
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Hey Mama Monday: Does Spelling Make You Smile, Sing, and Celebrate, Mama?

Does teaching spelling make you smile, sing, and celebrate? Or does it wear you out as you shed a few tears? And just why are wear and tear spelled the same but sound so different? Seems like a lot of “wear and tear” on this old homeschool mom! Sometimes spelling success comes through hard work over many years, and sometimes it comes
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Planning and Organizing Field Trips, Mama

Summer seems to be the time many of us do more field trips than usual. A few years ago, a friend of mine asked me some excellent questions about field trips, and these were my answers. If you go with a group, do you organize the field trips or do you prefer to let someone
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When Life Hurts: Strategies for Teaching Health and Manners, Mama

There are plenty of good homeschool products to teach the kids health and manners. But let’s look at what to do when we, as teachers, have bad health or bad manners.  Bad Health Hurts We hurt in many ways when we are sick or unhealthy. Everything seems to fall apart, and we feel guilty for not doing more,
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When Mom Has a Minute (or Maybe More)

Picture this: It’s your busiest homeschool day of the week—the one that grabs your best hours and takes you on the road to your co-op or music or swimming lessons or errands. You remember those full days from the last homeschool year and know you’ll have more crazy busy days again next school year. Days
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Don’t Quit, Mama

There is probably at least one day a month or more that I want to say, “I Quit!” to something in my life, whether it be teaching, cleaning, cooking, transporting, marriage issues, or disciplining a child. We all share the same thoughts and feelings. That feeling of wanting to quit probably stems from a lack
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Are You Listening to the New Podcast from The Old Schoolhouse®, Mama?

Hey, Mama! Have you heard? There’s a brand new podcast for homeschoolers. It’s called the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show, and it’s one more way The Old Schoolhouse® is uplifting homeschoolers. Listeners from around the world are tuning in to the podcast designed just for mamas like you. Every Monday, a new episode releases. Each connects
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Economics – How About a Lemonade Stand, Mama?

The children begged me to have their own garage sale and lemonade stand recently. I knew the amount of work that it would take, and my weekend was already full so I agreed as long as they did everything themselves. I knew they needed to learn their own lessons, but I had to fight the
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