Tag: homeschool organization

  • How I make my Common Place Book

    How I make my Common Place Book

    Many years ago I had a home organization notebook that I took with me that had our meal plans, schedules, and a few other things, but I ended up also having another notebook for sermon notes, and another for planning some homeschool stuff, and I got pretty tired of that. I kept reading about commonplace…

  • How to organize Shadows of Brimstone

    Over five years ago, my best friend was dating a huge board gamer. Every time he drove down from Iowa to visit her, his car would be full of board games. You’ve seen reviews of a few of them he’s shared with us over the years, but I’ve kept mentioning Shadows of Brimstone, and never…

  • Plan your homeschool year!

    Plan your homeschool year!

    I’m working on planing for the coming school year. Last winter we found a homeschool schedule that is currently working for us. I’ve gone through a few different schedules (and I’ll link to them further down), but this homeschool schedule and homeschool planing is working for us. (There are affiliate links in here) First step:…

  • The 20 minute homeschool schedule

    The 20 minute homeschool schedule

    I might have mentioned this once or twice, but we’ve got a kid or two with a bit of ADHD in our house, and a Mom with a lot of ADHD.  So, finding a good homeschooling schedule can be a challenge. But, I’ve found something that has been working for almost a year now: The…

  • A Homeschool Planner (and gradebook) I cannot lose

    A Homeschool Planner (and gradebook) I cannot lose

    Back in January, I went on a blogging retreat with a bunch of homeschooling Moms.  We were comparing different organizational tools we were using for blogging and I mentioned how I was thinking of using Asana for homeschooling because I could have reminders emailed to my kids, and it had a cool calendar function.  Well,…