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We’re Halfway Through!

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

Last week was the end of our 18th week of homeschooling and tomorrow is the midpoint of winter. It is hard to believe, but we are halfway through. In some ways it feels like it has been ages to get to this point, but in others it seems like I blinked and here we are….

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Switching Things Up: Finding time to write while homeschooling

Posted on August 25, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

My go-to writing time has usually been during our rest-time. I may have older children, but I still have a thirty minute period where they go upstairs and ready or play quietly while I have a little bit of peace and quiet. Truthfully, if I only had older children I don’t think that a rest-time…

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Easing back into a morning routine: creating peace

Posted on August 18, 2020February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I am slowly crawling my way back to a routine. I am a person who loves routine and daily rhythms. I don’t do a schedule. I hate time blocks and everything like that. Life is too unpredictable, but I like my routines. This follows that follows that. I think that life is meant to be…

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Reading isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Posted on September 17, 2019February 1, 2021 by Gwen Shaneck

I’m teaching my daughter to read using the Reading Lesson. I like this book. It’s simple looking with lots of white space. It takes the kids slowly through the process of introducing some of the phonetical sounds. (Nothing like teaching someone to read to notice how much of the English language is not phonetical at…

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Welcome to my little place in the internet. I write about my family and what it’s like to suddenly find myself homeschooling my four children – including a high schooler and two middle schoolers during COVID-19. I also spend some time writing about writing and how I am trying to get more of it in my life.

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