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School is Out, Natural Learning is In!

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Tips

5 Steps to Beat Holiday Overwhelm

The holidaze are here again! Daze is craze. Let’s manage that, over the years, I’ve developed a system in 5 steps to beat holiday overwhelm.

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Method

Build a Better Homeschool: Systems Save the Day

Create systems that increase productivity in your homeschool. “A good system shortens the road to the goal.” – Orison Swett Marden. This is a candid statement that speaks truth. Anyone can make a goal. It is the achievement of the goal that brings success. Reaching a goal takes work. Systems should be timesaving, sustainable and produce results.

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Method

Build A Better Homeschool: Automate with Habits

Building a better homeschool takes 4 steps. Step 1 is rest. Step 2 is building a rhythm. Honoring your priorities is the focus of building rhythm. This means saying yes to priorities and no to interruptions or distractions. Rhythm is reinforced with habits. Step 3 in building a better homeschool is to build better habits.

Method

Build a Better Homeschool: 5 tips on building rest.

R-E-S-T. This is the first step in homeschooling (and life). Before buying curriculum, joining a co-op, or reading that book written by that expert. You must build rest into your day. It’s the oxygen mask that will keep you going and allow you to deliver oxygen to your children.

Resources

Handwriting for Literacy

Do you want your children to read faster, comprehend and retain more, and grow their creativity and brain activity? Then handwriting is an important regular practice.

Method

How Do I Homeschool in 90 Minutes a Day? (Part 1 of 2)

The short answer is, because that is my goal.  I decide to implement 90 minutes of instruction and that is what we do.  Are there exceptions?  Of course.  If we keep it short, the rates of the likelihood for frustration