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Back into the Swing of Things (School/Homeschool)

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 4 Comments

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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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  • 10 Amazing Homeschool Subscriptions - July 20, 2020
  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

I spent this post-vacation Monday morning with a cup of coffee and my iPad, opting for my newsfeed over my to-do list. I was mourning our holiday break and reluctant to get back into the swing of things. It seemed my little poppies felt similarly, as they dragged their feet to varying degrees. No one was ready to…

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Homeschool Idea: Make Your Own Time Capsule

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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
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  • Gifted Homeschool Curriculum Choices {4th, 5th, and 7th grade} - July 7, 2020

FTC Disclosure: This post may contain Amazon Affiliate links.* When I was young, my parents renovated our cozy little house to make it work better for a family of five. The renovation involved adding a second bathroom and rearranging the staircase so that the stairs were no longer death-defyingly steep. In the process, a closet was swallowed up whole….

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Blog Hop, Hop, Hopping through 2014

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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

As we hop into 2015, I am reflecting on the past year of blogging, and blog hopping. If you had told me this time last year that I’d have a blog, I would have burst out laughing. If you had asked me what a blog hop was, I would have scratched my head in confusion. What a difference a year…

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A FAIRY good time with fairy houses

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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

FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* Oh my gosh, you guys. The coolest thing happened recently. I received an e-mail from a reader, a soon-to-be-homeschooler, who had enjoyed our fairy-themed craft-palooza post so much that she wanted to send us some of her decorate-your-own fairy houses. I have a reader who has a fairy house…

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Random Act of Kindness, Homeschool-Style

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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

We had a random act of kindness happen, homeschool-style, happen to us the other day. Remember how I told you that I had found a homeschoolin’ mentor earlier this year? Well, the other day we arrived home after a crazy day to find an unmarked manila envelope tucked in our front door. When we opened it,…

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Our Homeschool Day - Joyful Learning

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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.
Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley
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Latest posts by Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley (see all)
  • 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

Our Homeschool Day - Joyful Learning Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin Today, I’m going to tell you about our homeschool day, as it relates to traditional schooling and joyful learning. This whole homeschooling thing can be so much fun. I’m realizing that it is…

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poppies Hi, all! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children... and unexpected homeschooler. Our days are filled with delicious books, incredible games, and a patchwork of creative resources. I truly believe homeschooling CAN be almost all fun and games!

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