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homeschooling

How To Help Your Child Have a Great School Year

July 8, 2024September 20, 2017 by valplowman
Kids skipping into school

How To Help Your Child Have a Great  School Year. Eight ways to help your child succeed this school year. “The novelty has worn off, mom.” My seventh grader confessed to …

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Categories Schooling Tags Back to School, homeschooling, public school Leave a comment

How Independent Playtime Saved Our Homeschool

December 18, 2023September 10, 2015 by valplowman
Girl playing with toys in her room

Independent playtime is a great tool to use to help with your homeschool. This tool can help you have success with homeschooling. What is Independent Playtime? Beginning at birth, I …

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Babywise Benefits for Preschoolers (and Homeschoolers)

October 7, 2022July 15, 2014 by valplowman

My family has officially moved out of the baby stage since my daughters are now five and three years old. Having done Babywise with my oldest daughter since she was …

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Is Homeschooling Right for Your Child?

August 15, 2022August 30, 2012 by valplowman
mother homeschooling her daughter and examining a globe together

Is homeschooling the best education choice for your child? What are the benefits and potential downsides of homeschooling? This is a guest post from Raegan (you know–the Chronic 45 Minute Naps and Chronic …

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Categories Schooling Tags Child Age Range, Guest Post, homeschooling 11 Comments

Teaching Handwriting to Your Children at Home

July 16, 2024March 25, 2011 by valplowman
Child writing on paper

All about the D’Nealian handwriting method and how to make it work even for toddlers and young preschoolers. Here is the latest post from Susanne, a literacy specialist! This is …

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Categories Education Tags homeschooling, learning activities, literacy 5 Comments

Why You Should Use VAKT: Multisensory Method for Teaching

February 13, 2021February 18, 2011 by valplowman
Child learning to write

Learn why you should use VAKT and how exactly to do so to teach children new concepts, from letters to numbers. Here is another post from our literacy specialist, Sue. …

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Categories Education Tags Guest Post, homeschooling, literacy 3 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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