Online Places to Enjoy
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We are so fortunate to have so much immediately available to us in our homeschool day. The internet is full of wonderful websites and opportunities for our children to learn and practice their skills. But it can be so intimidating to try and find that needle in a haystack; choices are endless and not always appropriate. ...
Fishies and Encouragement
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I had survived the event and made it to the fish tanks. Four children. Long school day behind us. Minutes swiftly approaching dinner time. Marathon grocery store trip. You know the drill. And the fish tanks were there, situated just beyond the last aisle, shining like a beacon and waiting to welcome children who had behaved...
But I’m Never Home!
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It’s the holiday season. I love this time of year! There’s just a special happy that wells up inside me in December. And I have to admit that a significant part of that is the anticipation of a couple of weeks with no kid activities! I remember a billboard a while back with an advertisement for some brand of minivan. I...
Read Aloud Time for the Masses (or at least our four…)
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photo credit: Heidi from Mt. Hope The older my children get, and the longer we homeschool, the more value I see in our read aloud times. I don’t think there’s a homeschooler out there who doesn’t understand the benefits; books like The Read Aloud Handbook, and Honey for a Child’s Heart fly off the shelves at...
Doing or Being?
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My default is doing. I rush about planning, copying, teaching, cooking, washing, and folding. Even reading aloud is sometimes simply an item on my to-do list. I have a tendency to search for worth in what I can get done and feel discouraged when I realize that it will never all get done. Did you hear that? It will never all...
Dancing on Glass by Pamela Binnings Ewan
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Color words, vivid descriptions and beautifully-created word pictures dominate the writing in this romance/suspense novel. Pamela Ewan has written a tale of hope, denial, faith, and self-discovery in her novel Dancing on Glass. Following the relationship between Amalise Catoir- a young lawyer, and Phillip Sharp- an intense and...
Availability and its Effect on Learning
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As I was pondering what to write for a post this month, my five-year-old sat on the floor nearby playing with some frozen orange juice lids that I had made into math manipulatives. He set them up from 0 to 9 going one way, then rearranged them so they were going backwards. So I took the opportunity, since it was available...
How to Use Dictation in Your Homeschool
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Dictation is a technique that is mentioned often in homeschooling circles. It is a foundational activity in the Classical method and the Charlotte Mason method, among others, and has the potential to significantly boost grammatical understanding and skill. But what does it look like? How is it done from one house to the...
Is Spelling Becoming Obsolete?
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Ever since hearing from a friend whose kids are in public school that their teacher doesn’t pay much attention to misspelled words, I’ve been feeling troubled. She said that since computers fix kids’ spelling for them, the teacher doesn’t think it’s worth the time to really focus on that skill. I’ve spent time...
Getting to Know Christine
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Your family is… full of my favorite people. Name 5 homeschool products you cannot live without. my Macbook, laminator, “The Well-Trained Mind”, netflix, and Rebecca Rupp’s “Home Learning Year by Year” What was your favorite toy as a child? I collected stuffed animals. My favorite was a black...
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