Starting Back to Homeschool: Five Ways to Prepare (A Back to Homeschool Blog Hop)

Like many families of homeschooled or traditionally schooled students, we're starting back to school this week. There's always an excitement, an anticipation, as we open new books and begin a new school year. Even though we homeschool year round, doing a lighter schedule during the summer, we start our new year in August, so we experience that feeling of new and exciting- the back to school rush.

This week- August 10-14- I'm participating in the Back to Homeschool blog hop with The Schoolhouse Review Crew and Homeschool Connections. I'm very excited about sharing some of our back to school excitement. And I'm excited to read the posts of some of the other contributors. You can find their blogs below.

The theme of my Back to Homeschool blog hop is Starting Back to Homeschool: Five Ways to Prepare. I'll link all of the posts here so that they can be found easily at the end of the hop. Here are this week's posts:

• Preparing the Schoolroom: Tips for Organizing the Schoolroom 
• Preparing the Curriculum: Five Tips for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
• Preparing the Books: Choosing This Year's Read Alouds
• Preparing the Supplies: Five Top Picks for Homeschool Curricula and Resources
• Preparing Your Heart: Making Quiet Time a Part of Your Busy Homeschool Day

Mark your calendars - 10 to 14 August - it's time for this years Homeschool Blog Hop. The Schoolhouse Review Crew will be joining forces with Homeschool Connections to bring you a week full of back to school encouragement.

We have 56 homeschool Mom's sharing their combined wisdom and insights covering everything Homeschool related. That's 280 posts of encouragement and information just for you!

Meet Your Back to Homeschool Blog Hop Hosts

Marcy @ Ben and Me

Debra @ Footprints in the Butter

Chareen @ Every Bed of Roses

Amy @ Homeschool Encouragement

Missica @ The Open Window: An Autism Blog

Misty @ Year Round Homeschooling

Jennifer @ A Glimpse of Our Life

Heather @ Only Passionate Curiosity

Clarissa @ Counting Our Blessings

Christy @ Unexpected Homeschool

Monique @ Living Life and Learning

Rebecca @ Raventhreads

Karen @ Tots and Me...Growing Up Together

Rebekah @ There Will Be A $5 Charge For Whining

April @ ElCloud Homeschool

Brenda @ Counting Pinecones

Tara @ This Sweet Life

Tara @ Embark on the Journey

Jennifer @ Chestnut Grove Academy

Annette @ In All You Do

Lisa @ Farm Fresh Adventures

Tauna @ Proverbial Homemaker

Joanie @ Simple Living Mama

Aurie @ Our Good Life

Jennifer @ A Peace of Mind

Jenn @ Treasuring Life's Blessings

Kemi @ Homemaking Organized

Wendy @ Life at Rossmont

Katie @ DailyLife

Joelle @ Homeschooling for His Glory

Kim @ Homestead Acres

Melissa @ Mom's Plans

Annette @ A Net In Time

Cristi @ Through the Calm and Through the Storm

Meg @ Adventures with Jude

Dawn @ Double O Farms

DaLynn @ For the Display of His Splendor

Monique @ Mountain of Grace Homeschooling

Steph @ Indy Homeschool

Kym @ Homeschool Coffee Break

Tawnee @ Adventures in homeschooling

Lisa @ Tales of a Homeschool Family

Jennifer @ Organized Home Organized School

Callie @ Mama's Coffee Shop

Erin @ For Him and My Family

Lori @ At Home: where life happens

Margaret @ Creative Madness Mama

Nicole @ Some Call It Natural

Crystal @ Crystal Starr

Bonnie @ Write Bonnie Rose

Shawna @ Tenacity Divine

Carol @ Home Sweet Life

Kelli @ Adventure Homeschool 

Jacquelin @ A Stable Beginning 

Leah Courtney @ As We Walk Along the Road