Creative Consequences: Discipline your child without yelling!
If you don’t like yelling at your kids, try these creative consequences to help correct them. You can discipline your children without yelling or spanking.
Category: Raising Royalty Story If I’m Gifted, Why Am I so Thick?
This is a guest post, but the author chooses to remain anonymous. As a gifted adult, this resonates on so many levels. As a mother, raising a gifted child, I see this in my own daughter. For reasons which will become clear later, I’ve been researching giftedness. I first developed an interest in the subject when I taught a kid who was on Ritalin, even though it was blatantly obvious to me that his problem was sheer boredom. His brain was so fast, neither his…
Lights, tinsel, sparkle! Time to get decorating
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I love the holiday season. There’s just something magical about Christmas. And one of the biggest parts of Christmas is the sights. The decorations. Every year, I have big dreams of turning my home into something out of a magazine. To be…
Thankful for the Hard Times
Thankful for the Hard Times? How can you be thankful for painful and difficult periods in life? But there’s beauty in the hard times, and I’m grateful.
Why I Chose Public High School
When you homeschool, is there ever a time where you might choose public school? I chose public high school for my oldest. And here’s why.
Tools for Time Management
Time management is something I’ve always struggled with, since childhood. Here’s the tools for time management I use to help me stay aware.
Homeschool 4th Grade 2018
Homeschool fourth grade is a transition year. We’ve mastered the foundational skills, and so now I challenge my students to stretch and grow.
Homeschool Second Grade 2018
Homeschool second grade is the last year of “early elementary”. We get all our skills firmly in place, as a foundation for expanding our learning.
Single Parent by choice: Why I have no regrets
I’m open about being a single parent. I divorced my ex husband in 2014, after years of domestic violence. Leaving my marriage was not a hasty decision, but one I planned for 6 months. Ending it entirely took a year, and I left plenty of room for the process to stop…
Update: 1 year old!
It’s been a whole year since my Summer Surprise arrived. This last year has been challenging, stretching and exhausting. But it’s also been fun, in many ways. When it all started… When I found out I was pregnant in the fall of 2016, to say I was shocked was an…
If I’m Gifted, Why Am I so Thick?
This is a guest post, but the author chooses to remain anonymous. As a gifted adult, this resonates on so many levels. As a mother, raising a gifted child, I see this in my own daughter. For reasons which will become clear later, I’ve been researching giftedness. I first developed an interest in the subject when I taught a kid who was on Ritalin, even though it was blatantly obvious to me that his problem was sheer boredom. His brain was so fast, neither his…
Lights, tinsel, sparkle! Time to get decorating
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I love the holiday season. There’s just something magical about Christmas. And one of the biggest parts of Christmas is the sights. The decorations. Every year, I have big dreams of turning my home into something out of a magazine. To be…
Thankful for the Hard Times
Thankful for the Hard Times? How can you be thankful for painful and difficult periods in life? But there’s beauty in the hard times, and I’m grateful.
Why I Chose Public High School
When you homeschool, is there ever a time where you might choose public school? I chose public high school for my oldest. And here’s why.
Tools for Time Management
Time management is something I’ve always struggled with, since childhood. Here’s the tools for time management I use to help me stay aware.
Homeschool 4th Grade 2018
Homeschool fourth grade is a transition year. We’ve mastered the foundational skills, and so now I challenge my students to stretch and grow.
Homeschool Second Grade 2018
Homeschool second grade is the last year of “early elementary”. We get all our skills firmly in place, as a foundation for expanding our learning.
Single Parent by choice: Why I have no regrets
I’m open about being a single parent. I divorced my ex husband in 2014, after years of domestic violence. Leaving my marriage was not a hasty decision, but one I planned for 6 months. Ending it entirely took a year, and I left plenty of room for the process to stop…
Update: 1 year old!
It’s been a whole year since my Summer Surprise arrived. This last year has been challenging, stretching and exhausting. But it’s also been fun, in many ways. When it all started… When I found out I was pregnant in the fall of 2016, to say I was shocked was an…