Long before I had Homeschool Realm, I had another really successful site called Mommy Chats. (Back in the day of chats.) It doesn’t exist anymore…you can only find it on […]
Anxiety and depression are no joke
I talked about perimenopause in my last post. But I need to talk some more about some specific symptoms today…. I dealt with the blues in my adolescence and early […]
Homeschooling with Perimenopause
Oh, my life. If you are going through this too, I SO want to hear from you in the comments. Maybe we should start a Facebook group for us. […]
I reject your reality and substitute my own
I feel like I am living this….Everything around me is running a zillion miles an hour and I HATE that lifestyle with a PASSION…and find myself, sometimes unconsciously, sometimes […]
Enjoying nature with my kids
Years ago, I worked as an intern at SCICON Outdoor School (aka “The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation”) in the foothills of eastern Tulare County, CA. In fact, it […]
Getting real
This is me getting real. Really real. This is the state of my school room/art area currently: Feel better about your house now? In my defense…we just came out of […]
Tina’s Nature Adventures are coming!!
I don’t know why I didn’t think of doing this sooner. I guess I had a bit of an idea about something like this ages ago, but never took it […]
I have crappy days too
I hate blogs that make homeschooling seem like it’s super duper fun and always goes well. Moms who only blog about their good days, I feel, are doing a great […]
My new “Experience-based Learning” system
POST NOTE: Since writing this article, and all the interest it has generated, I created a Facebook group for us to discuss and share ideas on this new idea. Come […]
Just 2 days in and going well!
My new homeschool plan has worked well for the first 2 days…so far so good! I am hoping it will continue to go well. In just 2 days they are […]
Keep it simple, Stupid!!
My motto this year is THINK SIMPLE. If it’s not simple, it won’t work with our family. So I’m going to try try try to KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID! LOL! […]
2013/14 Field Trips
One of the (many) beautiful things about homeschooling, is the possibility to take field trips whenever and wherever we can. How many field trips annually do public schools take? I […]
Gotta love self motivation!
I love when one of my children actually cooperates. It’s not always a regular occurrence, so it stands out in my mind when it happens…I recently explained to my 13yr […]
A new idea I have!
I share all kinds of great info and links on my Homeschool Realm Facebook Page , and I keep thinking that I should be sharing that info here on my […]
Have you checked out my Facebook Page?
I have been posting fascinating things I find (homeschool related) over on my Facebook Page for some time now…pretty regularly. So if you’ve not checked that out yet, you should! […]
My blog post was featured on SecularHomeschool.com!
How cool is this? http://www.secularhomeschool.com/content/1136-blog-reprint-i-am-secular-homeschooler/ They liked my article and asked for permission to reprint it on SecularHomeschool.com! What an honor! And since I’ve added HomeschoolRealm.com to their blogroll, now, I […]
Our last 2 weeks in pictures
So I’m going to try to take pictures of more of what we do during the week. I didn’t actually make a conscious effort to do this yet, so this […]