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Hiring your kids in your business is a great way to boost their resume, teach practical life skills, and add help for those mundane tasks you don’t want to do. 

I have a confession. Like all confessions, I will probably lose my momtrepreneur status. But here goes. I don’t want to grow my business to the point of needing to hire anyone. I know shocking. Every business owner is supposed to want to grow to the point of creating an empi...

You've been homeschooling a while or you just started, and you've discovered that you got this. Yes, you can really teach your kids. You are sailing along on your homeschool journey. It's not perfect, but it is good. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, your child hits 8th grade. The panic starts to slowly creep in. What are you going to do for high school? All of your homeschool comes down to this moment. Your validation...

If you want to set each day up for success, tame the chaos before it starts, and just have a good day. Then you need to create a morning routine. 

I know the prevailing thought is to schedule every minute of your day. If you want to get it all done, then every minute should be scheduled. Or the opposite is pushed—never schedule, just be free and spontaneous. Both extremes don’t work well. The best thing you can do to find balance in...

Summer break and work from home can really be a mixed bag of emotions. Your excited that the schoolwork is finally done. You finished the year, good or bad, it is done. But then there is trepidation wondering what you are going to do with the kids all summer long. You are still working. Then you are back to relief because you get a break from grading. You no longer need to remind them to do their schoolwork.

Then you are back to dr...

Homeschool all in one curriculums are a work from home mom’s secret weapon. But they get a bad rap in the homeschool world. 

If you want to streamline your education journey, save time, and still tailor education for your kids. Then let’s dive into the ultimate guide to homeschool all in one curriculum.  

There are so many homeschool curriculum options out there. It is hard to know where to start. Then throw in the added pressure tha...

Dual enrollment. I actually have a lot to say about it. At this point, my oldest son finished his associates degree, and my next two teens are about to start their second year. So I wanted to give an update on our experience with dual enrollment. 

Between the three of them, they’ve attended six different colleges. So where do I start with sharing our experience with dual enrollment. 

This post is going to be a review of dual enrollme...

Homeschooling is about freedom. It is freedom to choose your curriculum and work on your schedule. But it doesn’t mean this freedom is always easy. It does take intention. One of the areas that requires intention is understanding learning styles.

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Do you really need to homeschool preschool? The short answer is no. Now you can stop reading and be on your merry way. 

But if you want to homeschool preschool, then do it. And keep reading as I share all my tips on homeschool preschool. 

Homeschool preschool has been a saga for us. I have bought the expensive curriculum for the first 5 kids, and then promptly kicked m...

Do you feel like your previous homeschool year was a disaster? Now is the time to reflect on your homeschool life and determine how to make next year better…or at least avoid the things that made this year hard. 

Homeschool life is challenging. I know I am stating the obvious. But there are things that can take you from this is challenging, to that was a complete disaster I don't know if I should continue with this experiment. 

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Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/homeschool-curriculum-for-kindergarten/ 

There was a time that I was terrified of teaching kindergarten. It didn’t matter how good the homeschool curriculum for kindergarten was, I just didn’t want to do it. 

It was much easier to send the kids to school for kindergarten and first grade. Then once they had the basics down, I would bring them home and homeschool them. Then I didn’t need t...

A homeschool co-op is a lot of fun, but it also fills the outlet for homeschool socialization. There are different types of co-ops, but a true homeschool co op is parent led and involved. Usually, the parents are teaching all the classes.  

Now I know your first thought is, “What can I teach?” There are so many homeschool co-op ideas, but I know it is hard to know what you will enjoy teaching. You can see the previous 25 homeschool ...

Working moms from home, do you feel like the to do list is never ending. You finally get to check a project off this list, just to add three more to it. It can feel overwhelming and never ending.  

What is the secret to mastering time management for working moms from home?

Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/working-moms-from-home/ 

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You want to teach a co-op class, but you don't know what to teach? Here are 25 easy homeschool co-op class ideas you can put together, and you don't need to be an expert.

Here are co-op class ideas that I've taught, the kids have participated in, or been in our co-op. I tried to offer as many ideas for the class. Ideas for art classes, literature and communication, history and geography, and more!

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Warm days are right around the corner. If you are ready to put away the school books and start looking forward to summer, then let's talk about bucket list ideas for summer. 

Yes, mom, you need to finish out the school year, so don't put the books away just yet, but you can start planning your big adventures and make a bucket list ideas for summer. 

Summer is the perfect time to step outside of your comfort zone and take on...

Just think positive thoughts about the terrible situation you are in and everything will be ok. That is typically the promise made from those who promote the idea of the power of positive thinking. But are we allowed to just have a bad day?

As a busy work from home mom and homeschool mom, it often feels like you can never have a bad day. The kids are watching us. We have clients to juggle. We need to keep up the façade of everything...

What are the best jobs for moms? You have so many things to juggle, so you need to know what will actually work for working from home and homeschooling. 

You want to bring in extra income because you need to buy curriculum. You don’t really want to dive down the rabbit hole of an MLM, is it possible to work and school on your own terms? How do you actually find the best jobs for moms. 

Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/b...

I had it all planned out. I knew exactly how we would do homeschool dual enrollment. It was working great. Until the school changed the program, communicated very poorly on the changes, and I was back down the rabbit hole looking for schools.

 College dual enrollment is exactly what it sounds like. Your high school student is taking college classes while in high school. Pretty simple. 

This is a great way to get your student started ...

Good books history are the best way to introduce yourself and your kids to the events of history. And the best part is they don’t have to be burning. 

History is exciting because you discover that truth really is stranger than fiction. And if you use good books history, then it becomes an exciting adventure. You can even add these books to your homeschool curriculum or read them aloud.  

Through good books history your kids can dive ...

There are so many things that you need to do when you start a virtual assistant business. It is overwhelming. If you aren’t sure what to do first, then start with you virtual assistant website.

Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/virtual-assistant-website

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