Life Unboxed Blog
Empowering moms to work from home and homeschool. Life Unboxed is a momtrepreneur's guide to raising kids, running a business, and keeping your sanity. So you can work at home and homeschool confidently. For more great momtrepreneur content check out lifeunboxed.blog. New episodes posted weekly.[Some of the links in the show notes are affiliate links. If you purchase using one of these links, I make a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps me keeps things free for you, and who doesn’t love free stuff.]
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Homeschooling high schoolers means you are almost finished homeschooling. Unless, there are younger kids, then it is just the start of a new and exciting chapter in your homeschool journey.
But homeschooling high schoolers might feel like a giant leap from the elementary years. And you are also planning for after high school, college or not to college, and really preparing your students for the rest of their lives.
No pressure, ri...
Are you wanting to live your impossible dream, but you don't know how to make money from home and homeschool your kids?
Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/how-to-make-money-from-home
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Highschool credits are important regardless of the path your teenager takes. If your homeschooling highschool, then you need to know about highschool credits.
Understanding homeschool highschool credits is going to help you create a strong homeschool high school transcript, and preparing your teen for life beyond homeschool. If you've ever wondered how many credits your teen needs and how to assign them, you're in the rig...
Homeschooling moms are divided on this issue. We want to homeschool for the freedom to not be tied to our desks. Yet, homeschooling online opens the door for so many opportunities. What's a mom to do?
There are pros and cons to homeschooling online. There isn't a one-size fits all approach to it. You know your kids, their personalities, and what works and what doesn't.
Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/h...
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Self-care is a word that I love to hate. Mainly because the Instagram version of it is in conflict with reality. Is there a better way to self-care than what we see on Instagram?
Self-care is a trendy buzzword now, and I am fully aware that it can seem inaccessible for work from home and homeschool moms. We are always busy. Always exhausted. Runn...
It is that time of year, planning for homeschooling! Out with the old curriculum or posted on Ebay, and in with the new.
Planning for homeschooling can be fun and exciting, but it can also be a bit overwhelming. Whether you are new or a veteran, making sure you haven't missed anything can be stress paralyzing. Let's take the stress out of planning for homeschooling.
Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/planning-...
Some days feels like chaos as a working at home mom. Even to the point of researching private school tuition and wondering if you should get an office job.
Mom, if you’re juggling work, homeschool, family, and everything in between, then grab your coffee (you need that to conquer the world), let’s tame the chaos, and create a plan for working at home mom.
Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/working-at-home-mom/
Creating a flexible fall homeschool schedule is going to give you the homeschool freedom you want while ensuring those little clones you created are learning.
The transition between summer break and starting a new school year isn't easy. Even if you did some schoolwork during the summer. Your kids and you enjoyed the break. And it was needed. Never feel guilty about taking a break. We all need to time to recover and reset.
Let...
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Writing a book is a great way to add creative writing to your homeschool.
Liven up your homeschool language arts by writing a book.
As homeschoolers, we have the unique opportunity to really take the time to make writing enjoyable and fun. I know most college assignments will be the 5 paragraph essay, so that is important to know. Or you can just wing it if you decide to ...
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.
Show notes and links: https://lifeunboxed.blog/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.
...
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 ...
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