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Start Your Year Encouraged and Equipped during Homeschool Super Heroes

My favorite homeschool shirt says “Teacher and Manager of Mischief” a nod to Harry Potter. Don’t we all wish we all had a little bit of magic in us to help manage the mischief our kids get into? I have learned some pretty magically tricks over the years as I listen to the advice and stories of those ahead of me on the homeschooling road. I want to share with you three magic tricks I have learned from my friends Jamie and Joann.

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Benefits of Reading Together as a Family with Teens!

Every family has their own culture and things that they enjoy doing together. At our house, it’s reading together as a family and sharing stories. Even with two middle schoolers, a highlight of each day is bedtime stories where Dad reads to everyone.

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Announcing the Taylor Made Homeschooling Conference!

We started using an all in one curriculum until it didn’t work for us anymore. So then we started swapping out different elements: this book was boring to our family, this perspective was too one-sided. The math wasn’t a challenge, or the writing was too rigorous.

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4 Tips for Easy Homeschool Record Keeping

what to keep for official records depending on your state’s regulations. Having been at this whole homeschool thing for over five years and lived in two different states with different regulations, I’m here to share a few of the ways we stay organized and our method of homeschool record keeping.

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Your Guide to Homeschooling Gifted Students

What is a gifted child? It’s easy to say everyone is gifted, and it is true that everyone has strengths and areas in which they shine. But “gifted” is a clinical definition which relates specifically to having an abnormally high intelligence. While at first that can sound wonderful and amazing, it also comes with it’s own set of challenges.

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