Adventures in Homeschooling is a Navy family, homeschooling two of their three children and has been a Timberdoodle subscriber and convention visitor for years. Their Navy life has added some adventure for you to follow along with. You can also find her on Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Facebook.
Samantha of As They Grow Up is a mom to four children, homeschooling the two that are elementary-school age; their oldest is an RN, and their other daughter is in college. They love many things such as organic gardening, biking, camping, and hiking. When asked what theme song would play when she enters a room, she answered, “Everything Is Awesome (can you tell I’m a mom). Seriously though, I love having fun with my kids and love my family dearly. I’m always positive and upbeat. No negative Nancy here. Funny thing. When I asked my boys what my song should be after I started writing this, they said, “Everything is Awesome” without missing a beat. Sure it isn’t a cool song, but it’s a fun song!!” Check out their blog to find out more about how much fun they are. You can find them on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Google+, and Facebook too!
At Ben and Me, you find a mom who is a former labor and delivery nurse homeschooling her adopted son aptly named Ben, who use a “delight-directed” homeschooling method. (Check them out if you want to learn more about this; you won’t be sorry.) They work through all of their challenges that they see as gifts, and their attitudes about everything truly will bring a smile to your face. When asked about blogging, she shared, “By far the best thing about blogging is the honor to mentor; teach; and be in community with other homeschool moms.” If you can’t get enough of them from their blog, you can also follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Big Family Blessings is written by Amanda, a single homeschooling mom to 6 and “avid Momtographer.” She loves hobbies and baking, but most of all her family. She brings you into her life and her family through posts like Homeschool Nature Hunt and finding our tribe. She also guest posts over at Living Well Mom where you can find some great healthy living inspiration, including recipes, family, and DIY ideas. You can get to know them on Facebook, Google+, Instragram, Pinterest, and Twitter too.
Chasing Supermom is a pastor’s wife, mom of four, aspiring author, and has set out to do what she can to help moms take a realistic view of life and help them get through it. She’s aware of the view the world has set up for women, and has made her website a place where moms can come to “receive validation, find useful tips, realistic recipes, and a true-to-life picture of everyday motherhood.” She also runs the website Learn with Books. She certainly is chasing Supermom, and we’d say she’s right on her heels! You can also find her on Twitter and Facebook.
Chocolate Covered Boy Joy follows a widowed mother of two boys with very different personalities. She is very excited to share with you her joys and challenges of home educating, cultural resources, enrichment programs, activity ideas, rites of passage programs, and the many other things that she is using to grow her boys into men. You will have so much fun getting to know her boys and getting to peek into their lives as you follow along. And if you just can’t get enough of them from their blog, follow along on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, or YouTube. Or go for all of them!
At Embark on the Journey, Tara is a homeschool mom with many years of experience under her belt. She has homeschooled all of her three children for at least some of their schooling years. She started her blog to have a place that others could come to for inspiration and many different kinds of helpful options. Find her also on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Farm Fresh Adventures is a mom of two farmboys with very different learning styles, so she has to get creative sometimes with the best ways to help them learn. You will find a plethora of topics on her blog, from reviews to gardening to printables. Sample more of her life on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google+.
The Flanders Family Website is a very family- and faith-focused website; there to help you build your love for your family and each other through witnessing this husband and wife team and their twelve, yes a dozen, children take their commitments and vows very seriously and to show you the importance of doing the same. They also share plenty of fun links, ideas, homeschooling tips, recipes, and money-saving ideas. Jennifer is also an author. You can check out her books on Goodreads. Catch up with the family on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Grace Christian Homeschool has been homeschooling their three children for many years now. The “Grace” in their site name has nothing to do with their family name, but their focus on their faith. Right now they are Blogging Through The Alphabet With God’s Word one letter at a time. To see more of their fun ideas, check them out. You can also find them on Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and Google+.
Greatly Blessed is a family with 10 kids, both biological and adopted. They are working through some pretty severe special needs and just the busyness of life while homeschooling, crafting, and trying to add fun to every day and culture into their lives. You can follow along on Facebook, Google+, and Instagram.
On Growing Up Creative, Jess and Jenny are mothers who have two children each, blogging together, unschooling and raising bilingual children in two different states. Their blog has bilingual areas as well, so if you’re more comfortable reading in Spanish, or you’d like to work on your Spanish, you definitely want to check this one out. Jenny is a military spouse raising her children while working on an as-needed basis as a Spanish consultant for a marketing firm. She graduated with a master’s degree in Human Resource Management after first earning a bachelor’s in Telecommunications with a specialization in Production and a minor in Spanish. Jess now stays home with her two children, but only after first graduating with a bachelor’s in Fine Arts, traveling some of the world working in customer service with an airline, signing with two major agencies in Miami as a makeup artist, but following her passion for teaching and teaching for two years. And now these very accomplished and busy ladies want to share their experiences with you. Follow them on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube also.
Meg at Homeschool Gameschool explains that her blog name comes from their love of using games in learning. They’ve been homeschooling their 6 children for more than a decade and a half, so she knows what she’s doing. They are very much into games and hands-on learning; how can that ever be a bad idea? She also blogs at This Big Happy, about mindful and frugal living. She’s found on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google+ as well.
Hopkins Homeschool is a mom of four, adopted and biological, homeschooling the school-aged children. She posts reviews, helpful meal suggestions, fun ideas, about her family, and soon will be posting Timberdoodle reviews. Since daddy is a truck driver (and also the principal), they are very thankful for the flexibility in scheduling that homeschooling allows. You can get to know them better via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+.
It’s clear what Imperfect Homemaker is all about from the name of her blog, but just because she realizes she’s not perfect (none of us are!), doesn’t mean she doesn’t work hard to help create a place where everyone can go to find encouragement and help. She is a mother of four, who loves to write about homeschooling and healthy living. Other than her blog, you can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, and Instagram.
Investing Love is a mom of four, sharing her story of love, life, and family. She is a homeschool mom, a photographer, and a writer who has contributed to several blogs and even been featured in a couple of magazines. Follow along as they learn, craft, and share their lives. She is also on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Little Earthling Blog (formerly A Baker’s Dozen and Apollo XIV) is a long-time Timberdoodle fan and reviewer. Renee and her husband have fourteen children: five adopted and nine biological children. This year, two are homeschooling while others are in public school, college, and university. Check out her photography site, where she specializes in birth and newborn photography. You can also find her on Instagram and Facebook.
As a busy mother of four, Mama Smiles is not only a pediatric cancer survivor, she holds two degrees from Stanford University: a master’s degree in education, with a foreign language teacher’s credential; and an undergraduate degree, where she studied organ and vocal performance. As if that weren’t enough, she she returned to graduate school to earn a PhD in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. She says that she uses all of these degrees on a daily basis sometimes in unusual ways, in the teaching of her children. She also loves to share hands-on ideas, recipes, pictures, and many other fun ideas. You really should check her out, not just on her page, but on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.
Mommy Octopus is a law-enforcement wife and homeschooling mom of five in Georgia, who posts a lot of helpful reviews, money-saving tips, giveaways, and meal plans. You will get to follow along on a lot of fun family travel posts as well. When asked who made her laugh recently, her response was, “That would be my goofy 4 month old son. His sweet toothless and slobbery grin makes me smile and laugh daily. He will ‘talk’ back when talked to and his conversations and faces are priceless!” Catch up with her, and maybe catch a glimpse of the slobbery grin yourselves, on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest as well.
Mom’s Heart is a mother of two boys and two girls, blogging about homeschooling and family life. Her children are in a younger range, so if you’re looking for tips for your littles, you should check out her page. She shares, “I hope to encourage others through my trials and triumphs; and also to encourage them to be true to themselves and not try to replicate any other school or homeschool.” To get more insight into her thoughts and ideas, check her out on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, and Pinterest.
At Munchkin Time, Love is a mom of two girls, who shares DIYs, recipes, and crafts. And the gorgeous photos on her site will have you wanting to make everything on there! When we asked her who she admired recently and what was admirable about that person, she had this touching response, “My mom; she raised 5 kids by herself and that alone is so admirable. Everytime my kiddos get sick or when it gets hard I always remember my mother and how she never gave up on us! She is one amazing mother.” How can you not love Love? You can also find her on Google+ and Instagram.
Well, you can probably guess how many girls Heather, over at My Three Girls has. 😉 She keeps very busy homeschooling her girls while also taking care of the home and running a photography business. When we asked her to tell us something she learned recently, part of what she had to say was, “I have learned how to homeschool in a way that brings rest to my family; and a better approach to learning together.” She shares with us the most visited post on her blog, which is that of their homeschool room. Besides the blog and her photography page, you can find her on Pinterest and Facebook.
Natural Beach Living is a momma to five, and as you can probably guess, loves the beach and nature. She has a background in early childhood education and is using that to teach her own children. Her family focuses on living a natural, eco-friendly lifestyle. If you visit her site, she can help you learn how to do that too. Not just that though, she also has great homeschooling activities, printables, book suggestions, and so much more. Another blogger said, “I love this blog and reread it often. She always has great information. I also have shared her blog with friends who homeschool, and they love it.” So you don’t just have to take our word for it. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and Twitter.
Beth at Our Pretty Little Girls is a homeschool mom of two girls who is into fitness, gardening, photography, and all kinds of crafting. Her blog is centered around her faith and her family, but also a great place to find recipes, DIY projects, parenting helps, and homeschooling tips, among many other things. She wrote about blogging, “I think the best part of blogging is easily the relationships that are built as a result of it. Over the past two years of blogging I have formed some amazing friendships with my readers that will last a life time. It has been such a joy to meet and connect with others.” Join her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram too.
Pig & Dac is a mom to two boys who has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and worked in social services before becoming a stay-at-home mom. She is new to homeschooling since her sons are young, but she’s happy to share her experiences and ideas. She also has the blog Jessica Dimas. When asked what theme song she would want to play when she enters a room, she chose, “Remedy (I Won’t Worry) by Jason Mraz because the beat is inspiring and makes me happy; and the line “I won’t worry my life away” is my motto! I’m here to have fun and enjoy everything that comes my way.” Catch up with her on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Quadsquad is a YouTube-based blog where each of their children like to show their own interests in their own favorite types of videos. We’ve been following this channel, and love to hear and see each child’s presentations. So professional and engaging! They are a homeschooling family with four children who love to share not only their favorite homeschool projects, but “Kitchen Adventures,” “Craft Time,” and the way they have fun with learning using science and games. You can track them down on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook as well.
Proverbial Homemaker is about what Tauna is striving to be every day, only in recognizing where those abilities come from. The header under her blog name is wonderful and very relatable, “Domestically challenged. Divinely equipped.” She is a wife and a mother of five. You can expect to read about homeschooling littles, frugal living, reviews, Biblical marriage and parenting, and so many other things that you’ll have to check out her blog to find out about. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram also.
If you want to find an expert in gifted education, check out Raising Lifelong Learners. She has a master’s degree in gifted education and “spent over ten years as a gifted intervention specialist advocating for the bright {and often misunderstood} children with whom I worked.” She has since become an author of several books, which you can take a look at here, including a publication of free resources for elementary teachers. She now has her own twice-exceptional children and advocates for the needs of gifted children everywhere. She has four children and they all enjoy getting outside as often as possible doing a large variety of fun things. You can follow along not only on her blog, but also on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google+.
Schmovies is another YouTube-based blog, sharing their experiences through their “family vlogs.” Tim, the dad, was homeschooled, and now he and their wife, Dana, homeschool their 6 children (or at least those that are school aged). Their most recent family additions are identical twin girls. They don’t just share videos about homeschooling, they really allow you to follow along with their family adventures of all kinds. As of this post, they have 1,164 videos, so if you visit their channel, you won’t be bored! Tim and Dana each have their own social media accounts, so you can follow Tim here: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. Dana’s social media accounts are: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Instagram.
At Smithspirations, Kristen is a mom of six, writing about Faith & Family Life, Natural Living & Wellness, Real Food & Recipes, and so much more. She has a college degree in art education, which likely comes in very handy while homeschooling her children. She typically shares a monthly “A Peek Into Our Homeschool” where she shares their homeschooling highlights for that month. She shared with us what she loves about blogging: “I love connecting with readers and building a community; as well as having an outlet to share things I’m learning and doing while being a bit creative with photo editing and writing.” So click on over and connect with her. You can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and YouTube.
So Every Day is a mom of five, trying to balance everything and homeschool her kids on her own, but still trying to find the beauty in everything and share that with her kids. As she says, “Because we do live in the Every Day. And I’d like that ordinary to be a little more . . . extraordinary. To praise the simple for its beauty… To cherish the Every Day. Every day.” I think we could all do better to remember that. Check out her blog to follow along on her not so ordinary life.
The Neighborhood Moms is written by a small group of neighborhood moms, who, between them, have six children of various ages. On their site you will find everything from reviews, to travel, parenting, home & living, recipes, and crafts & DIY. And they claim their recipes are “recipes any mom can do,” so test them out and see for yourself. If they’re right, you’ve just increased your arsenal. And I’m betting you’ll find at least one recipe you’ve never heard of; I mean how many of you have heard of “Irish Potato Candy”? I know I hadn’t until today. Find them also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.
Jennifer at The Relaxed Homeschool is a homeschooling mom of a busy little boy, whose goal is to help people just starting out on their homeschooling journey. Part of what she says is best about blogging is, “I am a writer at heart so blogging is only natural for me. I am someone who wakes up every morning and is actually excited to get to get to work. Not many people can say that! The best part about blogging is my ability to help people.” As you can probably guess from the name, she wants you to just relax, go with the flow, and have fun with it, but she’s also there to help you through it. If you want to learn more about her approach, you can read her post on Why I Homeschool! Catch up with her on Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook too.
At Thoughts From Her , she keeps herself very busy with a teenager, a preschooler, and very recently welcomed twins. Her preschooler is enrolled at a local preschool, but they also supplement with Timberdoodle’s first-grade curriculum kit for him at home because that is the level he is learning at. In her own words, she writes about “travel, local venues, food & much more.” To find out more about each of these, please make sure you check out her blog, or you can find her on Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Or check out all of them.
To Sow a Seed is a large missionary family, parenting nine, some biological some adopted. They are homeschooling, have been for many years, and having to adapt for many special needs, but also with so many children, blessed many times over. You can meet the kids here. On their page, you can learn not only about their family, but also their ministries, resources, and about their days in general. You can find their eBooks, and find out about booking Christopher and Heather for a speaking engagement. You can follow them on Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube.