Anyone can feel overwhelmed at any time during their homeschool journey. You might be a brand new homeschooling parent and everything feels so difficult. You could be a seasoned homeschool veteran having a bad year because of health problems. No matter where you are in your journey, rest assured that someone else feels overwhelmed by Read More » The post Do You Feel Overwhelmed by Homeschooling? Relax and Use These 7 Tips appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

Babies are amazing. They are far smarter than we give them credit for and take in much more information than we think. If we give them the right tools, we can set them up to be more equipped learners later in life. However, for most parents, this really shouldn't be a pressuring task. When we Read More » The post Homeschooling For Your Baby appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

I. Love. Food. To me, it is an expression of love, a masterpiece, an expression of culture. And now, it is a vehicle for learning! Basic Life Skills Of course, our goal as homeschool parents is to prepare our children’s minds for the world they will one day face independently. So how do you teach Read More » The post School in the Kitchen! appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

For littles, simply looking at a map gives very little insight into how amazing and vast our world is. When we think about why it’s important for kids to grow up with multicultural immersion, one of the first things that pops to mind is compassion. We want them to learn that diversity is beautiful, and Read More » The post 5 Ways to Inspire Compassion for Other Cultures appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

Do your kids have a hard time sitting still during the read-aloud time? You are in good company. Most of our kids have trouble sitting for five minutes, so sitting still for 20 minutes or longer seems like an impossibility. Let me tell you a secret - it's not impossible, and working on your child's Read More » The post 8 Read-Aloud Tips for Your Fidgeting Child appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

The name tea time might either create lovely pictures in your mind or shrouds of fear and dread. When I initially learned about the concept of tea time, I had no intentions to incorporate the practice into our homeschool. However, as I began along my Charlotte Mason walk, the concept of morning time was brought Read More » The post How We Use Tea Time in Our Homeschool appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

It’s the universal language. Music is everywhere. You can’t really walk into any store without hearing a back track, movies use soundtracks to stimulate emotion for different scenes, and from cars to phones, the capability to play music is hard wired into all of our personal technology. We love it! Music has been around since Read More » The post Why Every Child Should be Exposed to Music appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

When I was attending public high school, a very large majority of kids in my graduating class touted their University plans. It was the norm, and still is, to go right out of high school to public or state University regardless of whether students even knew what they wanted to do with their lives. There Read More » The post Do Kids Always Need to be Working Towards College? appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

It goes without saying that we live in a “smart” age. However, I keep hearing that technology shortens our attention span, is bad for our health, and distracts us from the goings on of daily life. Digitalresponsibility.org is an informational site that lists the ways that we need to be mindful when using technology. But, Read More » The post Technology: Friend or Foe of the Homeschooler? appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more

When my husband and I made the decision to homeschool our children, we had one intention - to ensure our kids LOVED learning. School can be boring, and I didn’t want my kids to equate learning with boredom. I figured homeschooling would naturally be more entertaining because of the freedom, but work is work. Sometimes, Read More » The post Gameschooling: How Games Engage Our Kids appeared first on Homeschool Base ..read more