Angela Fafali Nyarko

13 Ideas to Ensure YOUR Holiday Break DOES NOT Destroy YOUR Homeschooling Routine

With the holidays now upon us many homeschoolers are looking forward to the much needed break. Having victoriously reached the midway point of our schooling year we are ready to celebrate and put our ‘heavy burden’ of books away for a few weeks or a month! Oh…but be so careful. Remember how hard you’ve worked …

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The homeschooling ‘path’ with holes, broken pieces and incomplete parts. Oh my!

As home educators we are our HARDEST critic. Often times this is true of most hard working people in general. There is no doubt that those who educate their own children at home are some of the hardest workers there are. We are juggling MANY things from day to day. Often times with a baby …

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Christmas, Children, and OCD, Part 2 – Elizabeth Doan, guest blogger

Last week I wrote a short post on simplifying Christmas gone crazy.  I shared how I pared down my attic full of decorations and my house full of trees.  This week I’m going to tackle wrapping and gifts.  Here we go. Brown Paper Packages Wrapped Up in Strings… For a couple of years now, I …

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Giving-Up my ‘Me Time’: Finding the joys of the homeschooling life in the sacrifice

After homeschooling for 15 years, last year I was ready to throw in the towel. Not because it was going wrong. Not because I needed to go to work full-time. Not even because of a serious illness. I was considering throwing in the towel and calling it quits because…… I wanted ‘me’ time.’ Yeahhhh….that’s it. …

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In your homeschooling are you growing like a lobster? (video included)

I have home schooling families mention to me that homeschooling is somewhat stressing. Probably ‘self-induced’ stress. Never the less, whatever the case is….STRESS can provide some great benefits for you personally. But are you ready for them? Most of us run from pressure when it comes to things that aren’t comfortable. Things that are challenging. …

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