I may have already lost you with the title…Charlotte Mason did exams? She sure did. But to make peace with this, you’re going to have to first let go of what you probably think of when you think of “exams” in the traditional sense. I’m not talking about a high-pressure, stress-filled situation postured to see what your kiddos don’t know….
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Do you have a plan to help you teach your kids about money? I’m not talking about coin and dollar amounts – your math curriculum has that covered. I mean how to use money in real life. Do you have a system in place to help you handle trips to the store that provoke the question, “Can I get this,…
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Are you looking for a better way to teach your child to do chores? I’m talking about throwing away the sticker charts, being done with the bribery, and ending the arguments when you ask them if they’ve done their chores. I’m talking about reframing the whole concept of how and why you should teach your child to do chores and…
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There are so many possibilities when it comes to curriculum and we’ve got to make sure the basics are covered…is music really worth teaching, too? When you’ve got multiple kiddos in multiple stages of development the thought of dragging everybody to a lesson just isn’t very practical. Then there’s the cost, the time commitment, and oh yeah…the fact that we’re all under quarantine right now and we couldn’t leave the house for a music lesson if we wanted to.
Do you have a plan to help you steer clear of survival mode? I’m not talking about the temporary survival mode; the “new baby/new home/new job/death in the family” type of survival mode. That happens. That is circumstantial. We’ve all been there. I’m talking about when something happens (like…a pandemic breaking out worldwide…) and we just can’t seem to get…
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