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Homeschooling Perk #9

As I write this, it is just the beginning of the month of November. Halloween has come and gone, and here on Vancouver Island, the rains are now beginning to make their appearance. The foliage is at it’s peak, and is now...

The Creative Child

Do you have a creative child? While the other Kindergarteners were receiving year-end awards for Best Reader or Best Handwriting, my child won for Most Creative. In first grade, he was dubbed Most Imaginative. As you can imagine,...

Simple Schooling

Over the last few years, I have been trying to incorporate principles of simple living into my life. My goal is to focus on what’s important and get rid of what’s unimportant. Benefits to this include less hurry, more...

How Questions Empower Our Teaching

How Questions Can Empower Our Teaching All of us know how to ask our kids questions like, “Did you clean your room?” Or “Did you finish your homework?” But do we know how to ask the kind of questions that encourage our...

Flat Traveling

For those who haven’t heard of the Flat Stanley project, it is a very fun geography adventure based on the children’s book Flat Stanley. In the book, Stanley is flattened by a falling bulletin board and soon learns...

Creative Writing

I get questions from time to time from other homeschool moms who hate teaching writing. I hear things like: “How do you do it?” “What curriculum is best?” and “My kids just don’t like to...

The Horror/Journey of Inspiring My Six Year Old to Read

Homeschooling has been a little rocky considering we started during hurricane season and Gustav ran us down. Getting back into a routine, my first grader is now doing well with Saxon Math but refuses to read and learn new words....

Encouraging Thankful Hearts

I love Autumn! The cooler breezes and the lower humidity call me to long adventurous walks in the woods, culminating in hot chocolate or apple cider and yummy donuts with my children. I enjoy the memory making we create each year...

You know you’re a homeschooler when…

~ You see an empty shoe box and think diorama. ~ You see a file folder and think lap book. ~ You send your kids outside and record it as Health. ~ You enjoy reading homeschooling books from the library. ~ You have a collection of...

Featured Homeschooler: Pam

Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Pam of Mom’s Mutterings 1.Tell us about your Homeschool. As a former teacher, I tend to lean toward textbooks because this was the way I used to teach. I am (and have...