No words to say after a Miscarriage
After a loss it can be near impossible to express emotions without fear of saying the wrong thing. If your the mother you worry about being a burden on friends…
Easy Homeschooling! Teach to the Season!
Photo By LittleCrunchyHomeschooling does not have to be school at home. It can be more organic and natural and it can flow with the spirit of the child, the home,…
Easy Healthy Snacks — Parenting Advice
Chances are if your reading this that your a busy parent who sometimes despite your parental super powers needs a quick snack to run out the door with for your…
How to Parent – Baby at night – A Little Crunchy
To the sleepy parents that wonder here one late long night. You are not alone. Of course you might really not be, baby might be in your arms while you…
How To Teach Handwriting! — Parenting Advice
Handwriting can be hard and teaching it might seem very daunting, specially in an age that is more typing than writing. Heck, there are even online high schools available to…
Parenting Advice! — You Asked
I found myself asked again what the one thing a new mother should get. A baby carrier of some kind! Mothers have been keeping their little ones on them for…
When did mothering become a mental disorder
I am on vacation and I know I should not be blogging. I said I wouldn't be. I must though, it is 2am and I must let these words…
Guest Blooger! When Doctors Don’t Take Your Concerns Seriously
When Doctors Don’t Take Your Concerns Seriously By Stephen Gallup Recently, I was a guest on a nationwide radio call-in program to discuss childhood disability. A mom in Tampa contacted…
Children’s Book Review: Is A Worry Worrying You
Book: Is A Worry Worrying You? Ferida Wolff (Author), Harriet May Savitz (Author), Marie LeTourneau (Illustrator) Publisher: Tanglewood Pub Date: April 15, 2007 ISBN: 9781933718057 Suppose, just suppose, one hundred elephants come to…
The Bad Homeschooling Days!
In a commitment to show others that things are not perfect in blogging world, no matter what most blogs show, I wanted to share a bit about a bad homeschooling…
How do crunchy parents fight?
The same way you do I would imagine. There is no one right to argue any more than there is a right way to parent. I can however tell you…
Girls Grow Up, Period.
Here is another topic many parents seem to not want to talk about. For us homeschooling parents we have to think about the best ways to explain puberty giving our…
Day 158
Often I here "But I can't homeschool!" and while you know yourself best of course, my next question is often "Can you play?" if you can, then you might well…
Day 156 — New to Homeschooling – Relax
How much people can learn at any moment depends on how they feel at that moment about the task and their ability to do the task. When we feel powerful…