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day in the life

source: Mandi Ehman

I’m joining the Day in a Life series from Simple Homeschool to give you a peek into our day!

Here’s what Wednesday, 2/1 looked like in our house:

Please note that this was a very productive day, both because of my early wakeup and because I was keeping track of what I was getting done (accountability is a great motivator!). There are plenty of days where I spend more time on Facebook than I should, fail to cross very much off my to-do list or spend the day on the go. For example, today I had one Skype meeting and two online webinars. I was feeling pretty unmotivated in general and didn’t get nearly as much done as I should have in between those!

I also don’t always get as much time with the littles as I would like, but I really only work four full days (Fridays we have our homeschool group, and weekends may include some work, but not for the bulk of the day), so we count the blessing of being able to be home all together and make the best of it!

4:22am: I get up for the day. Well, at least to start my day. The baby woke up looking for her special blankie, and even though Sean got up with her, I’m having trouble falling back asleep (probably thanks to the latte I had with dinner), so I decide to get up and get started. There’s nothing I hate more than lying in bed frustrated because I can’t fall asleep, and I figure I can lay back down for a “nap” in an hour or two if I get to work now.

There’s an email from TOMS that the new ballet flats are available (which I’ve been waiting for for months since I saw a sneak peek on Pinterest), so I decide to start there!

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How Technology Can Revolutionize Your Homeschooling

November 7, 2011
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A couple weeks ago, I shared a video with some of my thoughts on technology and education. If technology is having a profound impact on education as a whole, though, that impact is felt even more strongly by homeschoolers. Technology is literally revolutionizing the way families “do school”, opening additional opportunities, connecting them to one [...]

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The Whys Behind Our Decision to Homeschool

July 25, 2011
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I’m not sure we fit the stereotypical homeschool family mold (although we seem to be heading that way with our country living and larger family…) when it comes to our decision to homeschool, and I wanted to share some of the reasons behind why we do what we do. To explain the whys of our [...]

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2011-2012 Curriculum Plans

June 27, 2011
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As usual, I’m late to the party. Simple Homeschool hosted the 2011 Curriculum Fair a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t quite ready to share what we were doing then. I figured now was better than never, though, so I’m sharing our curriculum plans for the 2011-2012 year today (although, in all honesty, we’re schooling [...]

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Giveaway: See the Light’s Art Class DVD Curriculum

April 2, 2011
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This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to acompletethought@… and mongoliamatters@…, who each won a copy of Volume 1. While all of our kids enjoy arts and crafts, our 5-year-old is the real artist. She spends hours at the breakfast bar drawing, cutting, pasting, painting and creating. Lately, she has been asking to take an art [...]

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Our Homeschool Curriculum + a Free Printable Planner

November 23, 2010
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I’ve known I wanted to homeschool my kids since I was 16 years old. I’d attended a Montessori school, a public school and a Christian school before leaving the Christian school to be homeschooled that year, and I just knew being home was what I wanted for my own kids. I wanted the flexibility of [...]

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