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Suddenly, Unexpectedly Homeschooling (“You’re gonna WHAT?!”)

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Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley
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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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“You’re gonna WHAT?!?” I am going to homeschool next year. I am suddenly, unexpectedly homeschooling. If you had told me this two years ago, I would have burst out laughing. I am an educator, a former public school employee, and a public school advocate. I believe in public schools.So… what happened? The short answer is that we…

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Our bus stop conversation this morning…

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

Kids say the darndest things, don’t they? I love to write down these quotes to save for later. What a dreary, gross day! As we are waiting for the bus, Leo asked, “Mum, did you know that fog is really just a stratus cloud close to the ground?”  

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Little Artist…

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

Leo is my little artist. Sometimes he’ll sit down and paint something absolutely amazing, like this one from last summer: Other times he’ll draw something that looks age-appropriate, like the one he came home from school with today: Then you ask him about it and he’ll sigh dramatically and say, “Muuuuum! That’s the dry, cool air…

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Quotable kids…

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Be sure to check out our current course offerings. Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Kindred Collective. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
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  • How to Rock the Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day - July 31, 2020
  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

I love quotable kids! I try to write down my favorite kid quotes. T approached me last night, complaining of an itchy bug bite on her lower back. Lifting her shirt, I saw a gigantic welt. I rubbed some anti-itch cream on the spot. Leo remarked, “Hey, T… your bite is so cool!! Do you know…

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