But What Do I Write About? – A Homeschool Mom’s Journey with Words
When I began blogging and developing a website, I realized I needed to hone my writing skills. Here’s a bit of the “how I did it”…and how it changed my life!
Meet Pat FennerAuthor Since: 2009-02-27 18:21:04Pat and her husband Paul have been homeschooling for 15 years. They have 5 children: 2 in college and 11-, 9- and 6-yr olds at home. Besides homeschooling, Pat publishes Help-4-Your-Homeschool.com, where she offers creative homeschooling solutions; they also own and run a neighborhood coffee shop. |
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Pat Fenner's Articles:
5 Top Reasons to Get to the Curriculum Fair this Year!
While attendance at a homeschool curriculum fair seems “optional” to many, here are some reasons why it’s something you really should put on your “to do” list!
Top 5 Challenges Homeschooling WAHMs Face
Pat Fenner shares her experiences as a homeschooling WAHM and gives ideas on how to face challenges as homeschooling WAHMs.
Writing Tools for the “NonWriter”
Writing can be fun, creative, and self-expressive. Don’t fear pen and paper – or keyboard – anymore. Use the information here to educate and inspire the “inner writer” in you!
5 Steps to Beating Burnout
Homeschooling can be a physically exhausting undertaking. It demands our best, even in the best of health. Don’t you want to give your family the best you can?
Review: 7 Strategies for Developing Capable Students
Who doesn’t want a capable student? This book seeks to provide parents with encouragement and tools to help their kids grow into capable students and human beings.
Using Sour Lemons
While some enjoy the sharp tartness of a plain lemon, it’s the added ingredients that cause many more to enjoy the beverage. Same goes for life’s bitter experiences.
The Socialization Question: Living Outside “The Cave” – Part 1
Homeschooling doesn’t mean the end of a rich and interesting social life. Here are 5 ways to ensure your kids have peer-oriented experiences.
Civics – Elective or Required ?
Do you teach civics in your homeschool? In a recent, non-scientific and totally spontaneous survey I took among homeschooling families I know, 4 out of 6 “admitted” to me that they neglected to teach civics.
Review: A Mom Just Like You
When I began homeschooling I became a “homeschool magazine junkie”. I loved the dream that someday I, too, would have a family like those pictured on the covers.
