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15 Homeschool Activities for Kids: Keeping Learning Fun at Home (Rent)

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Check out the recent Rent. article we were
featured in about homeschooling activities:

Homeschooling offers a unique opportunity for parents to engage with their children in a way that fits their individual needs and learning styles. Whether you’re homeschooling in your new home in Idaho Falls, ID, apartment in Murray, UT, or rental house in Westminster, CO, we’ll explore a variety of activities that will keep your kids engaged while helping them grow academically and personally. From science experiments to arts and crafts, there’s something exciting for every child.

From science experiments to arts and crafts, there’s
something exciting for every child.
Read the full article here: Homeschool Activities
| Rent.

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8. Lean on other homeschooling households

Leaning on other homeschool households for support can be an invaluable part of your homeschooling journey. Connecting with others who are going through similar experiences can provide a sense of community, reassurance, and shared resources.

“I find it quite necessary to find a cohort, co-op, or club for both you and your child to thrive in when homeschooling,” states Elizabeth Estelle, blogger at Homeschool Christian Mom. “You will all need friends and the support is amazing. These ladies have become some of my lifelong besties.”

Estelle also recommends finding a local group that offers homeschool participation days on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, along with opportunities to join sports, theater, and band programs.

Whether it’s swapping lesson ideas, attending group activities, or simply exchanging advice, these relationships can help reduce the feeling of isolation that can sometimes come with homeschooling.

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ABOUT ELIZABETH ESTELLE

Elizabeth Estelle, homeschooling mom of four amazing children, and now a grandmother. She has been married to her college sweetheart for over 40 years. She loves the Lord, teaches, writes, mentors ladies, and likes to cook. She cleans as needed. In her spare time she enjoys teaching art and creating it. She led a homeschool co-op for 24 years. Now, she wants to encourage homeschooling families to persevere and be successful in their own homeschool adventure, kindergarten through high school.

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Homeschooling Transformation

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Homeschooling Transformation can get your homeschooling back on track!

What if one day you look around and realize that you need to transform your home school or discipline in your household?  How can you accomplish needed homeschooling transformation?

If you just need a few ideas to get you on the right track, here are some examples of what worked for us:

The Toys Are Getting Dumped Out All The Time!

For example, what if you realize that your children dump all the toys over and over again all day long and you are sick and tired of the mess? You’ve tried a few things but nothing has worked. What do you do now?

My Homeschool Day IS Starting Later and Later!

Or your children are moving the start time of your home school day later and later in the morning?  Take the following steps to start over:

Homeschool Help: FIVE STEPS TO MAKE CHANGES:

ONE:  Have a family meeting.  Explain that you are going to be changing how you are going to be handling the situation. This is a great time to get Dad involved and show a united front with Mom.  (Make sure you and Dad are on the same page with the plan before the meeting! If you are not committed to being consistent and following through, don’t even start. #truth)

Example 1: We are not going to be dumping all the toys on the living room floor every day. We are going to have a new plan  that we are putting in place.

Example 2: We are not going to be starting our home school day later and later every morning.  It is not working for our family. We are going to have a new plan that we are putting in place.

TWO:  Identify the specific behavior that you want to see happen. Continue reading “Homeschooling Transformation”

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Homeschooling: Evaluate Your Homeschool

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Homeschool: It’s Time to Take a Break

This is a good time of year to take a break from some of your homeschooling and have a check up about how things are going.

And if they aren’t going well, it’s time to look for the resources and get the help you need so that your homeschooling days do not become a battleground between you and your children.

When your children are little, everything is new and learning is fun!

Writing their name is fun!

Counting is fun!

Drawing is fun!

Science is fun!

Even helping Mommy is fun!

However, as the children get used to the routine of their school days and learn the basics, school is not so much fun anymore.

In fact, it can become a battleground. So what can you do about this?

Stop sign

Stop Homeschooling for a Day or Two.

Look at what is happening so that you can get back to that fun stage.

Oh, I know that learning isn’t all fun and games.

Education is referred to as a discipline for a reason —but there are strategies that you can use to help you capture your children’s imagination and help make their learning meaningful and tolerable again.

Many families use unit studies as a break to freshen up their learning.

What is a Unit Study?

A unit of study focuses on one central theme, e.g. insects.  In the unit study, students will learn all about insects by combining multiple subjects into one study. These learning adventures may cover everything from the biology of insects, the history of species, the spelling of scientific names, adding and subtracting favorite bugs, drawing insects! In other words, one topic is studied via various disciplines. What does this mean for your children? Unit studies are a great way to introduce students to real-life experiences and use their natural curiosity to make their learning relevant. (More Information is available from Homeschool.com)

 

If your home and homeschool really has become a battleground, I recommend using an Action Plan to get back on track. Let’s face it- we all have bad days.  This action plan is not for a bad day, but it may help you change a bad pattern of behavior and replace it with the desired action.  And sometimes, it just helps you identify and decipher what is really going on with your child. You can read the whole article here.

 

Homeschool Art Project: So Blessed that I HAD to be thankful!

was featured on the How to Homeschool My Child FB page in November. This is a great art project to encourage some graphic design and gratitude.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Colossians 3:12-15

How has God blessed YOU?

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Why do I write homeschool blog articles?
Make encouraging phone calls?
Post homeschool tips?
Read Scripture and have a biblical worldview?
This child.
Because there is another generation coming that needs to have the kind of Christian training and excellence in education that only homeschooling offers.

Cute baby in crib
Because there’s another generation coming!

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