MRS Homeschool: Homeschool WAHM

My favorite children's illustrator has passed away.  Maurice Sendak died today.  While he is best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are," I knew him best as the man who illustrated my FAVORITE childhood book:  A Kiss for Little Bear. As a general rule, I am not very attached to books…never r

Did you know I am a published author?  Yep.  Well, on Kindle I am.  I actually have 10 titles on my virtual bookshelf for Kindle (2 aren't live), I have another finished and waiting to upload and another in the works.  I am really nothing special…if I can do it, anyone can do it. Here's [...]

Last week, I stepped into very new and very uncomfortable territory: 3 of our 5 children went to school. Before you think I've lost my marbles or have "seen the light" that public education is good for children (what light?), let me explain. We are in Mexico.  Yes, Mexico, the country, not New Mexic

I read an article today that deeply saddened me.  I'm sure the stories have more to them, but the fact that law enforcement offers are being called in to deal with "out of control" or just misbehaving children should be a wake up call to everyone, not just a reminder to homeschool families why we [.

This post, titled Your Children Want YOU!, has gone viral, but am I the only one that looks at these pins on Pinterest and DOES NOT feel the way the author does?  I don't look at all these pins and think badly of myself.  I KNOW I'm not superwoman and don't intend to be.  I [...]

According to a recent article on Huffington Post, the need for upper level, ie. college, math is becoming obsolete in the US. Now, all you homeschool moms that dread teaching (or even grading) math beyond grade 7 can breathe a bit easier.  Well, sort of. The author points out that almost every skill

Part of our family’s income stream is tied to eBay.  We use it for clients to generate leads and we also use it to sell “real” products.  I’ve been an eBay seller since 1998 and even created a course on how to make money on eBay.  There have been policy changes in the past like [...]

(Last week, I did a last minute post asking you to send me a snapshot of your homeschooling day for an upcoming blog post.  Little did I know how insanely crazy my week would be.  So…I'm going to extend this for another week.  If you have a photo you'd like me to include, send it [...]

ATTENTION: Tomorrow, Friday Feb 3rd, I am conducting a little experiment called "Your Homeschool Photo of the Day."  It's SUPER easy to participate.  Simply take a photo (just one) of something that happens tomorrow.  Could be the kids doing school, you making lunch, dance class, sitting in the car,

Normally, I don't like to post promotional stuff back to back.  (Thanks to all who participated in the Year End Sale!)  But this time, it's for a GREAT cause. The folks at LightHome Publications are having a big sale that ends Wednesday at midnight.  (Notice how all these sales end at midnight?  We'