Encouragement Archives - The Simple Homeschooler https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/category/encouragement/ Getting you started and keeping you going Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:10:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Lauren-Schmitz-Profile-Pic-80x80.png Encouragement Archives - The Simple Homeschooler https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/category/encouragement/ 32 32 Why I Am Planning To Homeschool Through High School https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-through-high-school/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-through-high-school/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:59:18 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=9937 As the beginning of our 7th year of homeschool draws closer – I am starting to hear these questions more and more: “Are you going to keep homeschooling through high school?” “Well, high school’s coming up. What are you going to do about that?” “Do you really think you can teach high school?” What I...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-through-high-school/feed/ 2 What About Learning Gaps With Homeschooling? https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/learning-gaps-homeschool/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/learning-gaps-homeschool/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:30:39 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=7174 I was recently visiting with a close mom friend who has been homeschooling for 4 years. She is tempted to walk away from her box curriculum because it’s exhausting and overwhelming her…but she is so scared to do it. “But what about learning gaps, Lauren? If I piece a curriculum together, how do I know...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/learning-gaps-homeschool/feed/ 1 Our First Day Back To Homeschool 2022-2023: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/first-day-back-homeschool/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/first-day-back-homeschool/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:37:44 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=7089 Last year I shared all the details of our first day back to homeschool, and the feedback was so strong that I had to make it into a stand-alone post this year! I am going to share all the things we did (including pictures!), what our schedule was, and what curriculum I used. I hope...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/reason-homeschool-2022/feed/ 3 How to Handle Difficult Relatives Who Question Homeschooling https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/how-to-handle-difficult-relatives-who-question-homeschooling/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/how-to-handle-difficult-relatives-who-question-homeschooling/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:15:19 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=6137 So your relatives are coming to visit.  You’re excited for the holidays, but slightly less excited for your judgy family members to put your homeschool on trial…again. You never know how to handle it because you don’t want to come across as defensive…or as a doormat.  Up front, I have a very supportive family who...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/how-to-handle-difficult-relatives-who-question-homeschooling/feed/ 5 Box Curriculum: Why We Ditched It and What Happened https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/box-curriculum/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/box-curriculum/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:13:52 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=5752 I’ve been asked a number of times why I dropped the box curriculum I first started homeschooling with.  I used it for three years and apparently people want to know why we broke up.  Did I find out something about the box curriculum? (Yikes!) Were my kids not getting a solid education from it?? (Every...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/box-curriculum/feed/ 6 Homeschool Mom Encouragement: 10 Things To Remember On Your Worst Day https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-mom-encouragement/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-mom-encouragement/#comments Sun, 16 May 2021 19:49:04 +0000 https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=5523 Do you need some encouragement and support that’s deeper than what comes from a box of chocolate, cup of coffee, or a bottle of wine, Homeschool Mom? Are you having the worst homeschool day ever? Frustrated, irritated, overwhelmed, and eyeing those enrollment papers like you never have before? I’m so glad you stumbled onto this...

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]]> https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-regrets/feed/ 3 Homeschool Vs. Online School: Which is Better? https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-vs-online-school/ https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-vs-online-school/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:44:04 +0000 http://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/?p=4494 I have had a number of phone calls lately from frustrated and worried friends who do not know what to do about homeschool vs. online school through the public school system. As a mom going on her 4th year of homeschooling, this seems like a no-brainer. Why would I ever make my kid check in...

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