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Adding extra books to your homeschool related to the main topics you’re studying is a great way to enrich your children’s education. This simple practice is easy to implement and pays off in allowing your children to learn more about your topics outside of lesson time and instill in them a love of learning. A common practice in most homeschools is to have a curriculum spine that sets the overall topics and time periods about which we’ll be learning. In our family, we use AmblesideOnline (AO) for this and generally follow the book recommendations listed there for our primary reading...

On a day to day basis, your home is a multifaceted place that houses numerous different types of activities, from relaxing in the evenings, to homeschooling your children during the daytime. Having a home that can “do it all” is what everyone strives for in the modern day. Many people are working from home, teaching their children and running busy households all at the same time. This is why it’s important to have a home that is both relaxing and motivating all at the same time. Discovering the best possible set up for your child’s learning environment at home is...

On May 6, 2023, King Charles III will be coronated at Westminster Abbey on Saturday morning. Festivities will follow Sunday and Monday. This is a great opportunity to teach British history in a fun way with facts, food, and fun learning activities. Coronations are big events in England! The last one was Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. When a king or queen dies, the heir to the throne immediately becomes the next queen or king. A coronation is the official grand ceremony where the royal crown is placed on the new monarch (king or queen) and prayers are said...

Kids need clear boundaries to help them understand the limits of what kind of behavior is acceptable. Without them, they might grow up to be entitled people who lash out at everyone around them when things don’t go their way. How strict those boundaries are will depend on your parenting style, but coddling someone who misbehaves and hurts others is certainly no way to go. Redditor u/Senior-Motor2647, a 23-year-old nanny, opened up to the r/MaliciousCompliance online community about just how awful her former client’s two-year-old son was behaving. His temper tantrums were so bad that he ended up pushing the...

  It seems there is no end to the punishments of being the “good girl”. I was the girl who followed the rules to the “T”. I didn’t want to disappoint my parents, my grandparents, my uncles, my aunts, all of my friends’ parents, my teachers, or the lunch lady. It didn’t matter who. I was the oldest in a large, very religious family. That isn’t all bad, truly. I have a lot of skills because of that, some of which I’m forever grateful for. Unlike many girls I grew up with, I was “good”. And I wanted to be...