Diary of a Homeschooling Single Mom

This is a blog to fill the gap of homeschool blogs out there. This blog comes from the prespective of a very busy single mom who is in the beginning stages of homeschooling and doing it with no assistance. I will discuss the good, bad and all the truthful ugly that comes with this gift of homeschooling.

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Our New Home School Room

October 20, 2014 by Kay 3 Comments

Our New Home School Room

Craft Modules Quite often,  I see postings of beautiful home school rooms and I often dream of having one of our own. We live in a one bedroom apartment and home school in our dining room. I have spent this past year teaching at our dining room table with the dining room set up as if we are going to have guess over for dinner. We never … [Read more...]

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The New School Year Has Begun

October 17, 2014 by Kay 1 Comment

The New School Year Has Begun

The school book fairy left us these So, we are all about seven weeks into the new school year, depending on when you started. How are things going for all of you? This school year is not quite going as I planned it to go. It is not going like last year either. A little something happened on the way to the fourth grade. My eight year old grew … [Read more...]

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Cyberbully

September 4, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Cyberbully

Do you monitor your children's internet usage? Do you think that children should be raised with morals? Who is responsible for children's bad behavior?  I recently watched an ABC Family movie called "Cyberbully." This movie was about a young high school girl and her experience with cyber bullying. Her mother was a very protective mother who … [Read more...]

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Home School in the News

May 14, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Yesterday we were listening to talk radio, as we do often, and there was a story about a man who applied for a job, received the job offer, and it taken away before he started after the company found out he was home schooled. Of course the man, who's name is not in the article, is suing. The company has come up with every excuse possible for why … [Read more...]

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Food Science

May 9, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

So my little Harmonie is a scientist at heart. Her mother on the other hand is not. Her mother was never interested in science growing up. So I have heard or read through the grapevine that home schoolers use Netflix, You Tube and other such resources to add in the home school process. Since we rarely have materials on hand for science projects, I … [Read more...]

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Mommies Little Helper: Teaching 2 1/2 Year Olds Piano

May 6, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Today I started a new piano student. She is a cute little 2 1/2 year old. She is a squirmy little thing but more than capable of learning to play. By today being her first lesson, she got squirming and tearful because she did not want to sit and play piano for too much of her time. This is a normal reaction for a typical 2 1/2 year old. The fact … [Read more...]

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Much Needed Day Off

May 5, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Much Needed Day Off

For the past two Friday's we have taken the day off. We have been going, going, going and have not come up for air until now. We went to the bay and spent the entire afternoon there until the sun sunset. Harmonie found many little kids, to her surprise, out on the water to play with. When she was in school, she was around a lot of kids that were … [Read more...]

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How Do We Teach Our Kids to Trust in Something They Can’t See?

April 30, 2014 by Kay 1 Comment

One day during school, Harmonie said something that made me take note that she was not completely on board with the existence of God. She can not see him, so he can't be real was keep of the jest of the conversation. We have this same conversation about her late father. I did my best to explain to her that just because you can not see something … [Read more...]

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Frozen

April 14, 2014 by Kay 1 Comment

Dear Makers of Frozen, Thank you for finally making a movie that addresses how important it is for girls to know exactly who they are and have complete confidence in themselves so that they don't get fooled by the a-hole who is trying to play her for whatever reason. Thank you for showing little girls that they have to really get to know a guy … [Read more...]

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Class Rules

March 13, 2014 by Kay Leave a Comment

Class Rules

      When I first began teaching at the age of 19, I had one major rule for my students: No tapping until Ms. Kay says too. I was a 19 year old in a class of 25 two to five years old dancers in ballet and tap shoes. Ballet was easy enough but the Tap class was monstrous when they all came into class eager to make noise. That was my … [Read more...]

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About Me

I am a single homeschooling momma of a soon to be 10-year-old girl who keeps me super busy. She is a child actress/model and a competitive diver/swimmer. I am a few months away from acquiring my MBA in Business/Entrepreneurship, I teach dance, piano, and tumbling, freelance write, sell handmade baby apparel and homemade organic personal care products on Etsy and write two blogs for all of you.

We are currently in our third year of homeschooling so I am not quite a pro yet, but there are plenty of adventures to be had and share with all of you. I give you the good, bad, truthful ugly about our journey as a homeschooling family. Sit back, relax, enjoy, and please comment. I love talking with all of you.

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HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THIS COMING?

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