Praising Effort
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One of my premier goals as a home educator is to have my son do more than just finish the task set before him. Although diligence is a noble quality, it can be very easy to fall into the check-the-box mode. You know, where you have such a big list of things to do and assignments to complete, you lose sight of the big...
Creative Homeschooling: Math
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Counting Money If your husband often comes home from work with spare change in his pocket, use this as an opportunity to teach your child to count money. If they can correctly count the change, they can put it in their piggy bank. Once they master counting the coins, alter the rules: they can have the change if they can...
Top 10 sites to download free children’s books
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International Children’s Digital Library The search options for this website are incredible. You can search by age, language, subject, length, awards won, type of character, emotions, and much more. Most of the books are full color. Children’s Books Online I love this delightful site because you can search by reading...
Letterboxing
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What is Letterboxing? Letterboxing is an outdoor hobby that combines elements of orienteering, art and puzzle solving. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and distribute clues to finding the box in printed catalogs, on one of several web sites, or by word of mouth. Individual...
Trivium Mastery
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Freed of the structure of the twelve-year, three-stage urban legend, you can relax and enjoy your children as you teach three simple skills: language, thought, and speech. Diane Lockman, Trivium Mastery: the Intersection of Three Roads Diane Lockman is brilliant. Just brilliant. I just finished reading her new book, Trivium...
Homeschooling through the eyes of a child
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As homeschooling parents, we know exactly what we like about homeschooling. But have you ever sat down and asked your child what they think about it? From Amy’s little Superhero, narrated at age 6: {Warning, not for those who are easily grossed out…this is a little boy talking, you know } Why I Love Being...
5 Fun Early Learning Reading Games
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Dolche Words I wrote the 100 most common sight words on index cards and punched a hole in the upper corner of each one. I placed all the cards on MY metal ring. When he was able to read a word he got to “steal” it from me and place it on HIS metal ring. He loved this because it was a competitive game and he really...
Tactile Alphabets
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Learning the alphabet is one of the first steps in a little one’s education. Because this is such a crucial part of beginning literacy, we should make it hands-on and fun! Tactile letters can be a fun and imaginative way to introduce the alphabet to preschoolers. Simply print out the large letter templates, and glue on...
Song School Latin
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Two weeks ago I took my six-year-old to his very first homeschool assessment. The teacher, who is also a Homeschool Gym instructor, asked my son what his favorite part about school was. My son’s answer: Latin. Latin?!? A six-year-old boy’s favorite part of school is Latin? Want to know why? We’re using Song School...
Homeschooling an Only Child
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*Please note I refer to all children as “he” in this article. My stat counter tells me the Google searches that bring readers to my personal blog. By far the most searched topic is “only child.” I posted only once about my son being an only child, yet this post brings at least 2 dozen people a day to my blog. The Google...
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