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164: Email strategy in your homeschool for 2022 This episode discusses email strategy in your homeschool – we talk about how it relates to both your children and yo, the parent. 1. Your kids and email When to get it How to use it: Episode 60 – Teaching Kids Soft Skills for Digital Communication 2. You and email Tools to get your emails under control 21-day program – Revive Your Inbox Unroll.me ————————————————————————————————– Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies. Join our Facebook Group especially for the...

This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from HS Coffee Break helps fuel this blog.  For the past few years I have been teaching high school writing in our homeschool tutorial co-op. Having seen several groups of students through the courses, I've noticed some issues and questions coming up regularly. I hope these Tip Sheets will be helpful to my students, their parents, and perhaps to other students and parent/teachers as well. ********** This week's tips are regarding conflict in fiction writing. Every story needs at least one character, and it needs at least one conflict. If there's...

© Can Stock Photo / karammiri This is the time of year when people "reset" what they are doing and make improvements. So this month, our sponsor, Spanish for You!, is giving some focus to pronunciation which might be a good way to refine and refresh student skills.Here are the links to five Spanish for You! lessons here on MommyMaestra that focus on Spanish vowels and their pronunciations: The Letter A The Letter E The Letter I The Letter O The Letter U ----------------------------- Remember! Spanish for You!'s program is geared for middle schoolers and is the perfect choice for...

Is it ever too early to start learning financial responsibility and wise spending habits? Judging from the fact that one of the top New Year’s resolutions is to save more and manage money better, there are many adults who wish they’d developed some responsible financial habits earlier in their lives. In this first post of a three-part “Homeschool Resolutions” series, discover some great tips for how and why to include financial budgeting in your homeschool curriculum, as well as excellent activities and resources for teaching children of all ages the value of money. Responsibility of Finances Should children earn an...

 I began working on this idea last year, but it wasn't until this morning that I had more clarity of mind to complete what I'd begun and prepare the file to share with you today.Over the last week or so I've been catching up around the house, re-organising my office area and tidying the sewing room. This included completing some gifts to post away (well, almost completing as I need a particular item before I can sew the final stitch), drawing up a few new design ideas, mending, cleaning out the kitchen drawers, scrubbing my sink until it shone like...