My weekly emails encourage homeschool moms in teaching young children at home with practical tips for real-life homeschooling. Get ideas for simple, engaging, and effective teaching strategies. PLUS tons of short & sweet learning songs... I wrote the only homeschool memory work program that is 100% set to song and homeschooling families with K-5 kiddos LOVE it!
Bamboo trees & homeschooling 🌱
Do you know about Chinese Bamboo Trees? |
You must very carefully monitor their water & temperature for the first 5 years, and nothing happens. You have to water often and weed and make sure it stays at the perfect temperature… but you won’t see a single sprout. Not an ounce of visible growth. But in year 5, something crazy happens. Within 6 weeks, the tree grows 80 feet tall. Turns out, during the first 5 years, a deep, vast, root system was growing beneath the surface. You just couldn’t see it. This metaphor is probably my favorite for homeschooling, especially in the early years. When you have little ones at home, the day in and day out is not full of fruit.
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Musical Memory | Renee Cook
My weekly emails encourage homeschool moms in teaching young children at home with practical tips for real-life homeschooling. Get ideas for simple, engaging, and effective teaching strategies. PLUS tons of short & sweet learning songs... I wrote the only homeschool memory work program that is 100% set to song and homeschooling families with K-5 kiddos LOVE it!
I've been thinking a lot about how to describe daily homeschool life to newer homeschooling parents... one of the most common questions I get is: "If it doesn't look like school, what does it look like? What do you do? How do you structure it?" Anchors. Rhythms. Things that happen on a regular basis that are carefully chosen for your individual family and season of life. Things that always happen. (And by always, I mean most of the time. 😂) What anchors are in your days, weeks, and months?...
Everyday Homeschool is Live! I've done several interviews for my new podcast... every single one has left me feeling inspired and encouraged! And I'm so excited to be sharing them with you. I couldn't pick which episodes to share first, so I released four! 😊 Episode 001: Welcome Episode 002: Creating Great Thinkers, Writers, and Fort Builders with Andrew Pudewa Episode 003: Music Appreciation & Reflections After Graduation with Mary Prather Episode 004: Ohhh, you homeschool....?! Listen on...
Happy Friday! A few links to share with you today. That is all 😊 Happy Homeschooling, -Renee Open and Go? Some thoughts on curriculum that claims to be "open and go," and how to modify it when it's not working for your kiddo. Read article Word Play Books The Circus Ship, The 7 Silly Eaters, Casey at the Bat... 20 picture books that play with words that your kids ages 4-11 will laugh at and love. Get the List Coming Monday! Join the facebook launch group to be entered in a books + coffee...