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7 Brilliant Ideas for Keeping Little Ones Busy at the Ball Game this Summer

1.Think Inside the Box! When my older ones were playing baseball, I would bring a large, shallow Rubbermaid bin and a blanket to the games for my little ones. Sometimes it would be filled with cornmeal, scoops, containers, plastic cars to make tracks in the cornmeal, dump trucks, etc. so they could have their own…

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10 Great Tips to Make Your Homeschool Graduation a Success!

Caps, gowns, diplomas, songs, seating, cakes, food…how in the world do you put it all together? Where will you have it? What will the ceremony consist of? How many people will attend? So many questions and so little time! This weekend we are having our homeschool group graduation. We’ve done it and you can too!…

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9 Effective Ways to Motivate People to Volunteer in Your Homeschool Group

Have you ever beat your head against the wall trying to find volunteers? Or maybe you have to constantly take over positions because no one shows up? Or maybe you would love to have a science class on Fridays for the 13 year olds but you don’t have time to do it yourself? We’ve all…

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Boys Will be Boys!

No joke, I left them doing grammar at the table, left for 10 minutes to take a shower, and came back to this!

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7 Ways to Have an Amazing, Stress-Free Shopping Experience with Your Teenager!

Do any of these phrases sound familiar? “Mom, you never get me anything nice!” “No way am I buying that! It’s too expensive! “ “Mom, I just HAVE to have those shoes!” “No, I do NOT want to try anything on!” “Why are you always so cheap?” “You don’t need this, you probably have one…

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How to Avoid Problems in Your Homeschool Group: Here’s a Handbook!

When our co-op first started, we didn’t have any rules written down. It ended up being a nightmare for our leaders! (Click here to get the whole story! ) In desperation we contacted Mrs. Wine, someone many of us knew because she had YEARS of experience running co-ops in our area. She gladly let us…

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How to Avoid Problems in Your Homeschool Group: High School Handbook

Here is our high school handbook. Feel free to use it as a model for your high school group to set expectations and prevent problems before they start! HOMESCHOOL CO-OP HIGH SCHOOL HANDBOOK TEACHER EXPECTATIONS ❖ The teacher is expected to choose, plan, and prep the curriculum. ❖ A syllabus is required for high school…

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How to Avoid Gossip, Conflict, and Misunderstanding: Trust Agreement

The idea for this Trust Agreement was given to us by one of our incredible mentors, Mrs. P, who runs a wonderful private Lutheran School in our town. We modified it a bit, and here is the end result! This agreement starts with versus from the Bible that model the Trust Agreement method. If you…

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Ultimate Homeschool Co-op Class Ideas: High School

Drama (Produce a play and perform it at the end of co-op) Improv Drama (Find improv games online. Learn about how to build scenes and what’s funny. Practice games each week and perform some at the end of co-op) Speech (We love IEW’s Speech Boot Camp, or develop your own speech program.) Biology (Apologia or…

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