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Dear Every Parent who has ever asked me this question ever, This post is for you. It's also for all the parents who thought about asking it to me. It is the question that I have been asked the most often, in a few slightly different ways, since I started teaching. Although, I have to say, now that your kids are home I have been asked it even more. I get it, you are worried. You used to be able to bring your kids to me in the morning reasonably confident that I was fillin

So chances are that if you are a parent / teacher / babysitter / aunt you have experienced exactly this problem before. You ask a child not to do something, they look at you and then continue to do exactly the thing that you JUST told them not to do! First of all, don't sweat it. This isn't just you and no the child isn't attempting to drive you completely insane either (although it might feel that way.) Below I have outlined some of the most common reasons that behavior

Part 2-- ages seven to twelve Hello everyone, as promised here is part two of how to set up a home school classroom on a budget. You really do not need much to teach your kids at home. This time for ages seven through twelve. If you are looking for my post on younger children you can find it here. So without further ado let's continue! Pick a location! Pick a location with a table where your child can comfortably work and make sure they have all the basic things they wil

Classrooms for ages three to six So one question I have been asked lately is how to set up a home school classroom. Another question I was asked was how to get school supplies on a budget so I have decided to combine these two topics and do homeschool classrooms on a budget. This will be a three-part article (because each age group needs different things) but I will take you all the way from pre-kindergarten to high school. Today we will start at the beginning, welcome to