Writer • Homeschooler • Atheist
If you have tired of the same old “new year, new you” superficial goals usually floating around every January, you will appreciate these ideas for writing and blogging resolutions you’ll want to keep working on well into the new year. These realistic and do-able plans will keep you motivated to write and blog your way to next new year’s eve.
You may have varied reasons for needing {wanting} an overhaul. Is your basic routine no longer working? Has there been a major change in employment, family dynamics, or outside influences? Or do you simply feel something is missing or “off” in your curriculum? While some of these scenarios may present more challenges than others, ultimately moving forward with updating your homeschool plans mid-year will look very similar regardless of your initial motivation.
I share our own homeschool favorites not because I feel we have found the “best” options, but instead to spark ideas for fellow secular homeschoolers and to offer suggestions for kindred book lovers. With so many choices it can be difficult to narrow down selections, especially when starting out.
This post will share ideas you can use when evaluating the homeschool year for your own students. Along the way I will offer specific examples of what we like and dislike about our own homeschool progress over the past few months.
This post will focus on teaching elementary language arts in your homeschool, with an emphasis on getting younger students excited about reading and writing. I will share ideas that worked for us, as well as resources {books and workbooks} we have used from pre-K up to and including sixth grade.
Have you ever been in a blogging rut? Or maybe you’re in one right now? Do you feel like you need to learn how to love blogging again? Most writers and bloggers have felt this way at one time or another. And almost all of them will tell you they are glad they pulled themselves out of it and persisted.
When you first let go of your faith you can feel very alone. You might believe nobody has gone through exactly what you have, that no one has felt the same overwhelming grief. {And, yes, it is still a grieving process even though you made a conscious decision to leave your faith willingly.}
Do you study mythology in your homeschool? How about Greek mythology specifically? While we enjoy and appreciate tales from various cultures, we find ourselves coming back to these Greek mythology resources, as they quickly became our favorite myths to study.
Thinking about making your writing public? Whether you write for readers and shares or financial gain, certain issues should be considered upfront. Following are seven questions you might want to ask yourself before you start a blog.
Writers by nature tend to be introspective and spend lots of time by themselves. It sort of comes with the territory. Self-care for writers {and other introverts} needs to incorporate restful, low-key activities. We also sometimes require reminders to take care of our basic needs, because we’d rather be thinking than doing.