Aug 10, 2020 | Education, Homeschooling
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon I just want to start with this: I see you. Maybe you’ve always wanted to homeschool. Maybe this is your worst nightmare. Maybe you’re a SAHM mom and you’re throwing everything you have into making sure your kids keep learning. Maybe...
May 21, 2020 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon For the better part of this school year, I’ve been fighting with my 10-year-old over fractions. In case it’s been awhile for you (and it has been awhile for me), let me summarize the average problem. First, you have to convert mixed...
Mar 23, 2020 | Education, Homeschooling
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon I’m sorry you had to meet it this way. And right up front, I want to let you know that this isn’t how normal homeschooling looks. For kids whose “socialization” is questioned by every well-meaning elderly woman in the grocery...
Aug 30, 2019 | Children with Special Needs, Education, Education for Special Needs, Homeschooling, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Christina Holder It’s that time of the year again, back to school. We made it through the anxiety-inducing trip to Walmart for school supplies, the dreaded over-crowded open house night, and the two weeks before school started where we “practiced”...
Apr 25, 2019 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School
By Laura Simon Like many parents and teachers, one of my biggest frustrations with the educational system is the testing. I’ve always felt it consumed too much learning time, I knew the results could be wildly skewed, and I hated how it drove every aspect of what...
Feb 26, 2019 | Education, Homeschooling
By Laura Simon February. It’s the month that made me question all my life choices when I was teaching other people’s children, and it’s no different now that I’m homeschooling my own kids. It’s the month where the newness of the school year is long worn off, the...
Dec 21, 2018 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School
By Guest Blogger Lisa Doss Today’s blog is great one to share with your students no matter where they are on the road to success! Many thanks for Forsyth Family magazine for letting us rerun this post on TMoM today. Whiteness arrives in the days after the...
Aug 14, 2018 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool
By Laura Simon Summer break is already almost gone. How is that possible? Is it already time to start supervising approximately three-thousand homework sheets, countless eye rolls, and too many tears? Now, who wants to talk about supporting the learning process at...
Jul 2, 2018 | Education, Elementary, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon “When am I ever going to use this after I graduate?” I heard this question countless times, from countless students, in the fourteen years that I taught English. In fact, if I’m honest, I asked this question myself more than a few times....
Oct 11, 2017 | Education, From the Heart, Homeschooling, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Laura Simon When I decided to homeschool, I envisioned myself doing, well, everything. I’d discovered that most curriculum will pretty much walk the most clueless parent through the teaching process, so I turned my attention to extracurriculars. Art? Yeah…I can...
Aug 16, 2017 | Education, Elementary, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Preschool
By Laura Simon I’ll start with a confession. I’m an unapologetic book-sniffer. It’s one of the reasons I struggle use the library like I should…library books don’t emit that delicious blend of new paper, ink, and glue. I suppose that means I’m an olfactory person: so...
Jul 7, 2017 | Education, Elementary, Family Time, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kelly Nichols Our world is fast-paced and ever-changing. While that is often positive and productive, moving forward rapidly can leave holes in us as people (especially in young people). As an elementary school teacher, I see children who possess such...
Jun 9, 2017 | Education, Homeschooling
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon “But what will you do when they want to go to college? I hear this all the time when strangers – and sometimes, friends – find out I am homeschooling my kids. It’s the second thing they ask – right after the inevitable question about...
Feb 3, 2017 | Education, Homeschooling
By Laura Simon Whenever I tell someone I homeschool my kids, they get a far-away look in their eyes and I can tell they’re imagining what on earth “home school” looks like. I used to do the same thing, before my family made the leap. In my mental image, my children...
Dec 28, 2016 | Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Private Schools, Raising Children
By Guest Bloggers Devon Davis and Bekah Sidden Counselors Devon Davis and Bekah Sidden teamed up a few years ago to present “Raising Resilient Children: Helping Our Kids Achieve Their Goals in the Face of Life’s Obstacles.” They spoke as part of Summit School’s...
Nov 23, 2016 | Education, From the Heart, Homeschooling, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Elizabeth Ruiz It seems that everywhere I go I get stares, looks, comments, pointing, and the occasional under-breath snicker. Do I invoke curiosity? Do others look my way and feel wonder? Believe me, probably all those feelings and more!...
Aug 17, 2016 | Education, Homeschooling
By Guest Blogger Laura Simon I’m no stranger to this back-to-school thing. Just last year, I was preparing for my fourteenth year as a classroom teacher while frantically racing through Target with my kindergarten son’s insanely detailed supply list. Is there really...
Aug 27, 2015 | Education, Homeschooling
By Guest Blogger Ellen Dockham When people find out I homeschool my two kids, ages 9 and 12, I get a variety of reactions, many of which can be summed up in the comment, “I could NEVER do that.” Occasionally, though, someone will say they admire homeschooling and...
Mar 9, 2015 | Education, Elementary, Homeschooling
By Guest Blogger Greta W. Most of us 80’s kids grew up during a time when everyone went to a “neighborhood” school. I remember growing up in Pfafftown and going down the street to catch the bus with about 10 other kids on the way to Old Richmond Elementary. We all...
Jan 9, 2015 | Education, Family Time, Homeschooling, Parenting & Family
By Kelly Gunzenhauser When my kids were younger, I needed to keep them busy one day, so I dumped their big Legos into a water table and poured water over them. I set it outside the kitchen door where I could work but still keep an eye on them. It doesn’t sound like...
Apr 8, 2013 | -, Education, Elementary, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Preschool
By Katherine Graham I have a fabulous kid that is miserable in his current educational setting. He attends an excellent school with great teachers. He has all that a public education can offer and I don’t think it is what works for him. The pickle about it all...
Aug 21, 2012 | Education, Elementary, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Homeschooling, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Preschool, Private Schools
By Karen Grossman, author of the blog Mom in the Muddle It’s August. My heart sinks when I see store shelves crammed with notebooks, pencils, lunchboxes, and various other school supplies that give my credit card a workout. My kids get lost in the excitement of...
May 15, 2012 | Education, Elementary, Homeschooling, Preschool
By Jennifer Lockert As a teacher of young children a common question I get is, “How do I get my child reading over the summer?” All children desire and need a break from the routine and demands of the school year, but teachers will tell you that children...
Jul 25, 2011 | Education, Elementary, Homeschooling
By Becky Spence, author of www.thisreadingmomma.com Becky is a teacher; turned stay-at-home mama (SAHM) of three little blessings. She is very passionate about literacy and loves to share the things they do at home as well as things she does as a reading tutor with...
Mar 11, 2011 | Education, Elementary, Family Time, Homeschooling, Parenting & Family
Have you heard of Africam? This is the coolest thing to share with your kids! I volunteered in my son’s classroom a few weeks ago and they were studying Kenya. As we worked on some different activities, his teacher had this website set up on the big screen in...
