Homeschooling Year Round with Flexibility   I wanted to address a few questions I usually get when I mention that we school year round. First of all, we always have! It is just something that was natural for us, because I have curious kids- and I am a very academic, schedule, and learning oriented person. Second, it makes it sooooo easy to have flexibility in our homeschool, take trips when we want, and have break days when we need them!   You school year round? Does that mean you don’t take breaks? No!! We just don’t have to take breaks when everyone else is! We usually take a few weeks…

Welcome to our new series, all about Homeschool Portfolios! This is post #2 (and video #2! Scroll down to see that) Here is post #1: https://loveathomeeducation.com/2021/05/07/homeschool-portfolio-series-1-digital-portfolios/ Homeschool Portfolio Series #2: Physical Portfolios A physical portfolio. Why? Here are a few reasons that we love physical portfolios. If you need to turn in a portfolio to your district. This is a great way to show them physical copies of some work! If you would like to keep SOME but not ALL of your kids’ work, drawings (let’s be honest, there are a lot of those right??). If you are a kinesthetic family- and like to see AND feel the progress of…

Welcome to our new series, all about Homeschool Portfolios! This is post #1 (and video #1! Scroll down to see that) Here is post #2: Physical Portfolios   Homeschool Portfolio Series #1: Digital Portfolios A digital portfolio. Why? Here are a few reasons that we love digital portfolios. Space saving! You don’t have to keep all the work, drawings, art projects- You take pictures and videos and upload them! Saves so much space AND time, and it is a great way to submit your portfolio to the district or state if you have to do that. SIMPLE. Everyday we simply upload the pictures and videos we have taken at school…