by Marianne | Encouragement
How can the remarkable story of Gillian Lynne transform how parents see their outside the box kids? The Remarkable Life of Gillian Lynne Growing up in England in the 1930s, Gillian Lynne was 7-years old when her mother took her to the doctor because her school was...
by Marianne | Encouragement
Are you surviving rather than thriving in your homeschool? I get emails all the time from homeschool parents with stories like this: “I feel like I know what needs to get done, but because of my kids’ dyslexia, I can’t quite do it. Everything takes...
by Marianne | Encouragement
I loved going to school everyday as a kid. I loved the tidy rows of desks and the matching textbooks and workbooks. I loved completing assignments and checking of all the boxes. When I first began homeschooling, I set out to create this same environment for my own...
by Marianne | Teaching Tips
There’s not a mom out there that doesn’t desire a more productive homeschool day. Juggling the many needs of running a home, caring for family needs, and nurturing a marriage can often leave us out of time or out of energy when it comes to teaching our...
by Marianne | Teaching Tips
One thing I’ve always loved to read is homeschool day-in-the-life posts. There’s just something fascinating about seeing how other families teach their kids at home. I’ve been writing my own day-in-the-life posts since 2012. I just went back and read...
