Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")

We've been homeschooling in some form or fashion for 24 years! Our oldest was 9 months old when I first became a part of the homeschool community in central Texas, and began hanging around new, old, and veteran (truly pioneering!) homeschoolers. I was able to glean so much insight simply by listening before and after my Spanish and Speech classes full of eager homeschooled students as young as three years old up to 18. What a BLESSING that was throughout my parenting journey. TIP number one: Hang around older homeschool moms. They say the most hilarious things. Find a mom...

It’s here! The Back to Homeschool Giveaway is officially LIVE! 🎉  *Kick off your school year with a chance to win 1 of 3 $200 gift cards to your favorite homeschool curriculum or supply store! Enter today—don’t wait! After that, here's MORE help: Overcoming Obstacles:I happened upon an old article of mine from 2012 that was incomplete. I have done MANY seminars, workshops, and even videos (before we had a youtube channel) about overcoming obstacles while homeschooling, and of course all about while while learning languages. But I have never spent time to finish out each point. Check out these...

Your goal today is to choose FIVE actions you can do THIS WEEK to improve your brain health. The first one is GIANT, so if you choose one of those, YOU WIN!🧠 Giant Chunking Limit passive learning (like screen time) Improve diet: "You are what you eat" Regular exercise and good sleep Learn a foreign language Physical Baby Steps - These are physical movements to add to your daily routine. Which one will you do? Crossover Actions - Move your right arm to the left, and your left arm to the right again and again! Crawl, climb, hopscotch Right hand...

Typically, around this time of year, we are THICK in planning mode, discussing priorities, enjoying special summer deep dives, and looking to what our rhythm will be for the fall. But this year, I just have ONE student. And she's a senior. And she's a self-starter, easy learner, author, linguist, and disciplined human.... in short, she's a dream. So she already has everything all planned out, and I get to just watch, be along for the ride and bask in this last transition year, which I know will go WAY too fast for me! So - let's look BACK to...

All right. I always feel like SUCH the bad guy, but it's time for you to know why I'm 100% against screens before puberty. I get this all the time, and I appreciate the reasons why: "Do you have video lessons for See it and Say it?" ~Nope."Can we get your flash cards in an app?"~So sorry, but no, never."Are there any video lessons you're making specifically for elementary kids?"~No way, José. WHY? Well....  In short, screens are VERY VERY bad for our young children. (They're not great for us older types either.) Here are some quick explanations on why I really...