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House Cleaning Strategies for the Homeschool Family
Our family recently took a break from our “regular” school studies to go on a bit of a road trip and then take time to recover from said road trip. Just the other day my husband took the very, very...
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Dish Dish – Homeschool Mom’s Recipe Organizing Online Cookbook
Being a homeschool mom is a daily adventure, is it not? There is always another interesting experience for the family just around the corner, whether while teaching, running errands, doing laundry or...
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How I Teach My Boys to Clean
I’ve been a stay at home mom for 6 years. I currently have 4 little boys ages 7, 5, 3, and 1. Life is busy. The house is messy. We’re home all day and no one is anywhere near adulthood. Up until a...
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Simple Soap-Making Tutorial
Making soap is honestly one of my favorite things to do. I find fascination in the science, enjoyment in always learning more about my craft, and peace in knowing what my family is using on their skin...
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5 Ways to Make Hospitality Easy
I’ve been trying to learn the true meaning of hospitality. In my research, I’ve learned that hospitality is much simpler than I thought. Dictionary.com defines hospitality as such: The friendly...
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Learn to Knit a Basic Washcloth
Not long ago knitting seemed to me one of those daunting, complicated skills ladies my age only possessed if it had been passed down from a mother or a grandmother with saint-like patience and heaps of...
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I Kissed Chore Charts Goodbye
Chore charts. Oh how I loved them! They spell organization! They say, “We’re a well-oiled home!” And the options are endless! Laminated and colorful. Structured and trendy. Chalkboards....
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Tips for Getting Kids to Do Chores
You’ve laid out a chore system, made nice chore cards, and written lists of things to be done. You’re determined to make this thing work, to get some household help, and to teach your children...
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“I Can Clean My Room by Myself” Chart with FREE Printable
It hasn’t always been common knowledge that toddlers and preschoolers are capable of successfully performing tasks to help keep the house clean. But now, as a society, we are finally catching up a bit...
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How to Organize Homeschool Art Supplies
How to Organize Homeschool Art Supplies in 5 Easy Steps Got a big mess of art stuff and not sure how to go about getting from disaster to sanity? I used these five steps to organize my homeschool art...
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How to Recycle in Five Easy Steps
Because Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd, hopefully more people are thinking about how they can better preserve the quality of life we live on earth by taking care of the environment. If you are...
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How to Keep Your House Clean while Homeschooling
One of the biggest problems that homeschooling families face is how to keep the house clean. Living in a space constantly, particularly with little kids around, makes it a challenge to keep things...
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The Sane Woman’s Guide to Tackling Clutter
Clutter breeds at my house. Seriously. Or maybe we carry its spores on our skin and clothes and they drop off in all sorts of random places around my home and then spring to life while we’re...
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21 Cleaning Hacks for Busy Moms
Don’t you wish that once you cleaned your home it would just stay clean? It’s really some cruel joke that we have to contend not just with endless rounds of dishes and laundry, but with dust that just...
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Get Organized in October!
So you’re making important plans for National Get Organized Week, right? At this moment you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of October 4-10 so you can spend every waking moment of that joyous...
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The Magic of Decluttering My Clothes
I have been fascinated with the concept of the 10-item wardrobe for a while now. If you haven’t heard of it, the idea is that you winnow down your clothing stash until you have a base of ten (yes, you...
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5 Terrible Reasons for Not Making Kids Do Chores
Chores (or Life Skills or whatever more pleasant name you wish to give to common household tasks) don’t generally rank up there at the top when we start listing school subjects we consider most...
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Life Skills for High Schoolers
Outside of academics, there are some very important life skills for high schoolers to learn. By the time our students are in high school or are preparing to finish high school, they need to be able to...
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Ideas, Resources, and Activities About Chores and Chore Charts
This week you’ll find ideas, resources, and printables about chores and chore charts! Even though most kids don’t enjoy doing chores, it’s a necessary part of life. It’s better for us and them if they...
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7 Questions to Ask Your Kids at the Start of the New Year (with Printable)
New Year’s resolutions are one of those things people tend to either love or hate. For some, a resolution is a motivator. For others, it’s just an annoying reminder of good intentions that never...
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