With a little preplanning, we now have several quick yet delicious breakfast options around the house. Everyone leaves the house with a full tummy, ready to start the day! I hope these recipes help make mornings a little less rushed at your house.

I feel lucky and very blessed to be starting my homeschooling adventure when I have so many great and experienced homeschooling friends to help me along.  The last week has been a flurry of planning, organizing, printing, worksheets, and more.  I’m both nervous and excited at the same time, and I’m very anxious to find [...]

Does your school offer or advocate using multi age classes, in which different grades are combined in the same class? Have you had your student in one of these combined multi-age classes, and if so, what are your opinions on the arrangement?

A Montessori school provides an alternative to traditional education. Encompassing all grade levels, most Montessori schools offer programs beginning at age 3.

Is your little bundle of joy now big enough and ready to face the challenges of a preschool? Your child’s educational future depends a lot on this initial learning stage (whether you teach preschool at home or send them to a preschool outside the home), hence it important that you know how to choose a preschool.

 
It’s back to school time again and time to get prepared with free printables!  There is a wonderful selection of back to school printable documents available at Microsoft Office’s Back-to-School Template Collections.  You’ll find everything you need for back to school, whether you’re the parent, student, teacher or administrator. 
Free Printables For Students (165 templates)

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I’m happy to wrap up the Scaling Down the Homework series, and even happier that the 16th was the last day of school! If you missed our 4-part series Scaling Down the Homework, click the links below to check it out:
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 1)
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 2)
Scaling Down the Homework (Part [...]

If you missed the first three installments of Scaling Down the Homework, you should read them before continuing down the page.
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 1)
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 2)
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 3)

How do you motivate a “moving away from” child in a positive way? What is the proper approach to homework [...]

Homework is a very personal and sensitive topic, and most parents have their opinion on what is appropriate: what subjects, how much, due dates, and more. If you missed the first two installments of Scaling Down the Homework, you should read them before continuing down the page.
Scaling Down the Homework (Part 1)
Scaling Down the Homework [...]

School has finally wrapped up for the year, and we, as parents, are left to contemplate what WE learned from the school year. My husband and I finally got the homework situation figured out with our daughter once the school year was already drawing to a close. If you missed the first installment of Scaling [...]