Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers

Does the word schedule make you break out in hives? Do you picture yourself harried and deflated at the end of a day on ... Read more

If you are starting out homeschooling with a bright-eyed little 5-year-old – a toddler tagging along and another on the ... Read more

Mystie – There’s a spread of abilities and also needs. How do the expectations that we have as moms going into that situ... Read more

Although the idea of classical homeschooling can be intimidating and appear unreachable, it is far more down-to-earth th... Read more

Housework seemed like a stupid waste of time.And I hated wastes of time and stupidity, so I triply hated housework.I was... Read more

A label is a tricky thing. Just when you decide to take on an adjective as an identity, you find people including shades... Read more

Somehow, Berry makes you feel affection for all mankind, even those who aren’t likable and maybe even those who are wick... Read more

Often when we plan out our goals, we think in year-long chunks of time, either personal goals in January or academic goa... Read more

What, out of everything in the plan, is essential to make our homeschool day count?Because more often than not, at least... Read more

Keeping short accounts leaves no room for resentment, no room for bitterness. It also means that even in the midst of ar... Read more

Isn’t homeschooling a sure way to drive an extrovert mom out of her mind?It depends on the homeschool and on the mom.As ... Read more

Q: "When you scan things to Evernote, is this time consuming? Do you scan it to a PDF file and attach the file? I’d be v... Read more

“Cross to carry” is a phrase used to talk about suffering as a lot in life, but this portrayal of that cross, that suffe... Read more

Those of us educating young children tend to use the vocabulary of learning styles, though current research seems to be ... Read more

Why do we do what we do?Sometimes, an end result can look the same even when the motivations behind the action are oppos... Read more

Homemaking is not about personal style. It's about making a home where people want to be and where people can learn and ... Read more

Mystie: That’s fun. So this season, season 8 of the Simply Convivial podcast is going to be about organizing homeschool ... Read more

So, I like to say that all organization projects should begin with a brain dump. So, I thought that the best place to st... Read more

We homeschool without a schoolroom. Like many homeschoolers, the kitchen table is where much of our work happens. We use... Read more

As I’ve written before, the goal of education is virtue, and Karen’s first chapter jumps right into the heart of it. She... Read more