Let’s destigmatize math for our kids – let’s let go of all the bad relationship baggage we may have from our personal educational experience with math and any our children may have experienced. Let’s detox and re-define math for our kids, and in doing so – for ourselves!
Being thankful is an art. It is something that we tend to, cultivate and grow. Practice is something that you intentionally repeat and engage in, to do often, or habitually. Practicing gratitude is life changing and can be performed in many ways all day long.
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.
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.
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.
With a solid homeschool rhythm and a set of objectives, you can school your children in 90 minutes a day
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.
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.
Are you engaged in the handwriting battles in your home? Rather than fight harder, I’ll let you in on a few secrets to make handwriting easier.
