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How I Stopped Being an Angry Homeschool Mom

Lauren Schmitz — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 21:38:41 +0000

Are you an angry homeschool mom? Have you said or done things in your homeschool that you’d be ashamed to share with your friends (or even your spouse)? Do you hate how easily homeschooling can trigger your anger and frustration? Let me tell you, Homeschool Mama, you are not alone! I am going into my 4th...

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Math U See Alpha – An Honest Review

Lauren Schmitz — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:45:25 +0000

It is actually painful for me to write this Math U See Alpha Review. I really, really wanted it to work out. You have no idea. My first year of homeschooling my 1st grader was going so well – better than I could have hoped for! Except for math. We originally started with The Complete...

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The Homeschool Morning Hack I Still Use 8 years Later

Lauren Schmitz — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 01:32:25 +0000

Don’t you just love a great homeschool hack?! I love and hate that feeling I get when I discover a really neat way to solve a problem – why didn’t I think of that before? That is so obvious! Well, I had the awesome luck of running across a pretty great homeschool tip during my...

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What Every Homeschool Mom Wishes You Would Stop Asking

Lauren Schmitz — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:12:11 +0000

Have you ever had someone ask you a question that was very rude…but it was asked in a really innocent and kind way? It can be rather shocking. And sadly it happens to me on the regular as a homeschool mom. Sometimes I find myself tongue-tied and don’t even know how to respond. Well, that’s...

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Why I finally pulled my kid from public school and started homeschooling

Lauren Schmitz — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:57:22 +0000

It took me a long time to transition from being a registered nurse in a fast-paced Emergency Room to being a stay at home mom. When I say a long time, I mean like years. I definitely did not have any plans or thoughts to homeschool. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids! …but...

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12 Reasons I Love My Father’s World Curriculum (and what I don’t love)

Lauren Schmitz — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:50:35 +0000

My Father’s World was the first curriculum I bought as a new homeschool parent, but let me tell you – the decision did not come easily! I don’t know about you, but the choices to be made about curriculum have been more nerve-wracking than my initial decision to pull my daughter out of public school....

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