I am a former public school teacher. I'm also a homeschooling parent. During this school year, I taught as a long term substitute in a local public high school, homeschooled a middle schooler, and substitute taught in a variety of classrooms, including elementary-aged special needs students. My point here is that I do a lot … Continue reading So You’ve Been Forced to Homeschool: 5 Ways to Survive COVID-19 School Closings
Three years ago we embarked on our version of a family adventure. My husband Jay and I sold our large home in a great neighborhood in the suburbs with a giant swimming pool and tennis courts, and moved into an old, small house in a run-down neighborhood that smelled like old people. The house, not … Continue reading 8 Ways Homeschooling Has Changed the Way I Parent (and how you can learn from my mistakes)
My blog and I have been in a fight. We haven't been on speaking terms and it's a little bit hard to explain why. The easiest reason is that I just haven't felt like talking, but that's not really an answer. A better explanation would be to say that I have been oddly melancholy. Not … Continue reading Stuff I Didn’t Instagram in 2015
Of all the things I've ever written about on this blog, I am most afraid of what people will think of me about this one. And that includes the time I wrote about flashing everyone at my daughter's ballet class while breastfeeding and the time a bee stung me on the ass. I'm afraid you'll … Continue reading So I Started Homeschooling My Kids (Sort of)