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Megan

Megan

About Megan

Megan is a writer and a homeschool mom with four daughters—a fifth grader, a third grader, a kindergartner, and a toddler. She enjoys doing activities with her girls and taking advantage of every teachable moment. She and her family enjoy ministering the gospel to spiritually needy children in their area, getting involved in their community, and reading books of all shapes and sizes. Read more posts by Megan.

4 Tips for Creating a Positive Tone in Your Homeschool

January 5, 2021 by Megan

mother daughter with positive tone
Homeschooling is hard. Parenting is even harder. We homeschool parents probably have it the hardest of all—we have to be both the teacher and the parent all day long. This dual role can be a blessing. We have the opportunity to deal with character issues that would likely not be addressed if our child sat in a traditional classroom. But wearing both hats can also be deeply discouraging. Without a positive tone in our homeschool, we may feel like we are constantly having to correct our children. We’re correcting their schoolwork, their attitudes, and wrong behavior. Correction, correction, correction. All. Day. Long.

We homeschool parents have a unique superpower—we set the tone of the atmosphere in our homes. Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling grumpy everyone in your house gets grumpy too? The same phenomena happens when we are full of joy. It’s contagious. So if we want to change the tone in our home away from the constant doom and gloom of correction, we are going to need to change both our words and our actions. Here are some ways to get you started on creating a positive tone in your homeschool.

Read tips for creating a positive tone in your homeschool!

Filed Under: Shaping Worldview Tagged With: homeschool, homeschool parenting, parenting, Positive reinforcement, tone

Tips for Making a Minimal Christmas a Meaningful Christmas

December 1, 2020 by Megan

making a minimal Christmas meaningful
Christmas is going to look different for a lot of people this year. Some families may not be able to travel to see loved ones as they have in the past. Some families may not be able to take part in much-loved traditions such as attending church Christmas programs, caroling at nursing homes, or enjoying Christmas parties with friends. And, because of job losses or other financial hardships, some families may not be able to exchange gifts like they have in the past. Many families are needing to plan for a much more minimal Christmas season.

Read tips for making a meaningful, minimal Christmas!

Filed Under: Simplified Homeschool Tagged With: Christ-themed Christmas, Christmas, making the most of Christmas, meaningful Christmas, minimal Christmas

Learn Your Child So Your Child Learns Best

November 17, 2020 by Megan

do you know how to learn your child?
I have four daughters, and they are all very different. They are individuals who have different interests, different personalities, different strengths, and different weaknesses. And I have found that I can’t homeschool them all in the same way.

One of the great strengths of homeschooling is the ability to tailor instruction to your individual child. But in order to do that well, you have to learn some specific things about your child. Here are a few to start off with.

Learn how to learn your child!

Filed Under: Successful Learning Tagged With: homeschool, motivation, sensory learning

When Homeschooling Gets Hard

October 6, 2020 by Megan

don't quit when homeschooling gets hard
Some days, I’m not sure that I can do this homeschooling thing. Some days, I want to quit.

Homeschooling is really, really hard. It might not look hard when you are browsing curriculum catalogs or listening to a veteran homeschool mom on a podcast. But just about any homeschool mom has had the moment—the moment when the task of homeschooling is so overwhelming that she wants to quit entirely. I’ve had that moment. I’ve had many (hundreds?) of those moments. But before you give up homeschooling, consider the following.

Be encouraged for the homeschool hard times…

Filed Under: Successful Learning Tagged With: give up homeschooling, quit homeschooling, when homeschooling gets hard

Tips for Homeschooling Multiple Children

September 15, 2020 by Megan

homeschooling multiple children at the same time
When I started homeschooling four years ago, I wasn’t homeschooling multiple children. I had one student and a toddler in tow. It wasn’t hard to get through our homeschool day. My biggest stresses usually came from the toddler when she was grumpy or getting into things. Since then, I have added two more students (and another toddler), and now things are definitely a little more challenging. Not only am I trying to keep the toddler out of trouble, but I am also trying to teach and/or manage over 20 homeschool courses. Next year I will add another student, and my head is already spinning.

Read more…

Filed Under: Simplified Homeschool Tagged With: homeschool, homeschooling multiple children, video courses

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