Seasonal Homeschooling: How to Homeschool Differently with each Season!   I took some polls on Instagram, and it turns out that about 72% percent of my audience homeschools differently with each season! For us- it was just a natural rhythm that we seemed to fall into. Whatever your reason, or story- I hope this post is helpful!   2 different ways to homeschool “seasonally” I wanted to touch on 2 different ways to homeschool seasonally. Of course, there are probably more than 2 ways- but these are the ways I am familiar with! Way #1- Homeschool one way in the cooler months, and a different way in the warmer months.…

In our post “Our 2nd Grade Reading Picks (Best Books for 2nd Graders to Read!)” we discussed the reading choices we are making for my daughter to read to us, and herself. This post will be an ongoing post as well, being added to as we discover new read alouds and audiobooks! But these are books I either read to the whole family, or that they listen to during quiet time. We keep record of the books that we listen to or read in goodreads, and I will just be adding those here!   Read Alouds- Books I have read to my kids- 2021   The Secret Garden- In fact, we…

This will be an ongoing post that I will add to each month as my daughter finishes more books! I will have 2 lists in this post. The first list will be what she has read by month, and then at the bottom of the post you will be able to see our recommended reads by author and/or series! 🙂   List of Books by Month: May 2021: **Aesop’s Fables: (Using the Story Correction guide in our 2nd grade LA curriculum) The Fox and the Crow The Lion and the Mouse The Fox and the Grapes The Ant and the Grasshopper The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing The Boy Who Cried…

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…