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Good morning; how are you? I either did something without realizing it yesterday or slept like a rock in the wrong position because my upper back and neck are quite a mess today, tight and painful. I’m hoping some gentle stretching and ice help, as I have a rather lengthy list of things I’d like to accomplish today. We’re also diving back into more structured language arts. IEW and Fix it grammar for Hailey, The Good and the Beautiful for Kaitlyn. New spelling books for them both. Our homeschool has a pendulum feel to it, and we’ve been light on...

We originally did this project as a PI Day activity. But you can do this activity anytime of the year, with multiple ages. What makes this a Pi Day jump rope? Each number from zero to nine are assigned a straw color. Then, 1.5″ straw pieces are threaded onto a rope in order of Pi out 52 digits. (If you do this project, you might go out somewhere around 52 digits, depending on the length of the rope used. [TAG0] It would make a fun day-camp project (with some modifications to make the handles of the jump rope easier to...

Instagram is not good for our homeschools. It’s not good for our homemaking, either, or our mental and emotional health as women. Instagram works as a comparison machine. An image from someone else’s life pops in front of our eyes and our minds are instant evaluators, analyzers. That’s what our mind does. When presented with an idea – and an image is an idea presented apart from logical form – our mind begins working to either accept or reject that idea. Our typical default setting, especially when we’re in “chill out” mode with our phone and not analytically engaged, is...

REAL MOMS, REAL LIFE HOMESCHOOLING As part of a new 2023 Sisters Series, Cait welcomes longtime podcast listener Rachel Baker. Together they took a real life look at homeschooling from the perspective of a mom of four (ages 15, 13, 12, and 9).   Find out: Rachel’s approach to managing multiple ages How she uses Morning Time in her homeschool Favorite homeschool resources (including Rachel’s obsession with the library!) What a typical day looks like in Rachel’s home How Rachel’s husband contributes to daily life … and so much more! The Homeschool Sisters Podcast Welcomes Rachel Baker! My name is Rachel from Waterloo,...

A Provo School District bus is pictured outside of the Capitol in Salt Lake City, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.Kristin Murphy, Deseret News I’m an educator with a decade of experience in public schools. Most of my public educator friends oppose school choice programs, while I heartily endorse them. This makes us odd company at times, but I’m grateful my friends so patiently tolerate me.With increasing interest in some form of vouchers in Utah and elsewhere, there’s been a lot of talk in education circles about how to limit vouchers’ impact on public schools. It seems to me that there...