It's no secret we love the tickets...but as with everything...it can get out of hand...

Okay...even a LOT out of hand.

Here are the boundaries I've set to keep our ticket system working FOR us and not the other way around.

So tickets...let's talk about using them with the clipboards...or even without

I don't think I've met anyone yet who doesn't like earning things and getting prizes.

This, in particular, is handy when spicing up your homeschool groove.

Everybody knows the excitement of a brand new curriculum...a brand new year...all that hope...

But in reality, the honeymoon phase ends for everything. Even the very best of relationships...because we grow, we learn, we mature...and so does our homeschool.

But growing pains are a real thing and so is homeschool fatigue.

So how do we combat that...come February when we've picked ourselves up after the holidays and we've gotten into a groove finally, but we're all still dragging.

Two words...

Snack. Shop.