Family life and staying healthy are taking top priority in our household (and many households) at the moment, so we will be on a brief hiatus here at Summerly Homeschool through the end of April to take care of things. Our monthly Book Club is canceled for March. We’ll discuss the March book in April, Read More
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Mindful Homeschooling: The Bliss of Under-Scheduling
This piece originally ran in Home|School|Life magazine. It was written near the end of our summer break a few years ago, and was the impetus for the creation of Summerly Homeschool. I thought it might be appropriate to share it here, this time of year, when so many of us feel overwhelmed with the busy-ness Read More
Alternatives to College
This article originally ran in Home|School|Life magazine. by Shawne Taylor There’s been a push over the last 20 years or so for everyone to go to college. Families start planning for it when their children are still in preschool. High School students are pushed to take the hardest classes, fill their transcripts with extracurricular activities Read More
Changing Course
I thought I had our homeschooling plans loosely worked out for this year. But two months in, I’m tossing the plans aside and changing course. When my oldest son was younger it took me a while to figure out how he liked to learn and what worked best for us. We tried a lot of Read More