It’s that time of year again!
The stores are filled with excitement to get public school kids geared up with new pencils, backpacks and even a new wardrobe just in time for Back-to-School. Missing out on all that buzz can be a bummer for homechooled kids and their parents – so we’re continuing the tradition with our 2nd Annual Not Back-to-School Blog Hop.
Started last year over at Life with my 3 Boybarians with 4 weeks worth of homeschool links, goodies and excitement, this year the torch has been passed to Heart of the Matter. We want to get you geared up and excited about your homeschool year, too!
There is still a wealth of ideas on those original blog hop linkies. We welcome you to check them out to get ready to share your own excitement for Not Back-to-School in your home.
- 2009 Week 1 – Curriculum Week – You’ve worked so hard to pick the best for your students! Share what you’ve decided to use.
- 2009 Week 2 – School Room Week – share where you do school. Kitchen table? Dedicated school room? Show us!
- 2009 Week 3 – Student Photo Week – it wouldn’t be a new year without a class picture!
- 2009 Week 4 – Day-in-the-Life Week – how does a typical day go in your homeschool?
Those articles remain among the most visited – even a year later – on my (Darcy’s) blog. We know this year can also be a great resource for you and for other homeschoolers. Grab a button and please consider writing a quick blog post to let your readers know it’s coming. Please tweet, post on Facebook, Stumble, Tumble or share however you reach other homeschoolers. The more who know about this, the more we can collect an extensive idea board of great blog posts. We need you!
This year’s schedule:
- Monday, Aug 2 – Friday, Aug 6: Curriculum Week
- Monday, Aug 9 – Friday, Aug 13: School Room Week
- Monday, Aug 16 – Friday, Aug 20: Student Photo Week
- Monday, Aug 23 – Friday, Aug 27: Day-in-the-Life Week
Grab a button!
Who should participate?
YOU! Veteran homeschoolers, brand new homeschoolers, eclectic, classic, Charlotte Mason, biblical… we encourage everyone to come be a part of this collection of blog posts to offer an enormous resource of links for homeschoolers! This is a great opportunity to share your hard work, get lots of traffic and be an encouragement to the homeschool community.
We can’t wait to see what you’ve been hard at work on!
Darcy is the mom to three boys ages 8, 7, and 5 and blogs over at Life with My 3 Boybarians. She is the owner of a blog design business at www.graphicallydesigning.com. She and Handy Man live in Iowa…nowhere near a Starbucks.
Maybe I’m missing something but how do we submit and to who? Thanks and what a great idea!
Tracey´s last blog ..Funfair
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darcy @ m3b Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
On each Monday there will be a linky blog hop posted here at Heart of the Matter.
You write the week’s topic on YOUR blog. Then come share your post by submitting your post’s permalink on the blog hop linky.
There will be a new linky that goes up each Monday.
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Tracey Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
OK…thanks so much. Got it!!! (I think) Is there a specific time on Monday that the linky becomes available?
Tracey´s last blog ..Funfair
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darcy @ m3b Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Not sure the answer to this one. Amy will be publishing it. So, maybe she’ll weigh in??
darcy @ m3b´s last blog ..Sweet Shot Tuesday
AmyS Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
7:00am EST
darcy @ m3b Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Also – I meant to add – if you go check out the links from last year’s weeks you’ll see the format and how it works!
darcy @ m3b´s last blog ..Sweet Shot Tuesday
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YAY!! Last year I joined in, and it was at the beginning of our homeschool journey!
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Jessica S. Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 3:58 am
Same with us Samantha!! We are going into our second year as well and in joining in on the ^Not Back to School Blog Hop!
See ya! 
Jessica S.´s last blog ..The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine- 3 days only- 2 great sales!
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Samantha Reply:
August 2nd, 2010 at 8:00 am
Samantha´s last blog ..Week 5
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I cant wait to participate this year!!! So do we come back Monday and put a permalink in? I have never done this before!
Anna´s last blog ..Put it under lock and key!!! And ECC Week 4- Day 4
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darcy @ m3b Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Yep. Come back Monday with your blog post’s permalink.
See you Monday!
darcy @ m3b´s last blog ..Sweet Shot Tuesday
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Yay! Thanks for putting this together again, Darcy, as it’s been a wonderful resource! I look forward to participating again
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
Tammy´s last blog ..influencing the influencer
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I’m looking forward to this!
Our Nifty Notebook´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday- Furry Baby
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yay! I loved this last year! Can’t wait to see what everyone writes.
Ali´s last blog ..Sweet Shot Tuesday
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can i do the blog hop since i’m just homeschool a preschooler
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Grace Wheeler Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I’m new here, but I think you should participate! I have a kindergartner but also a Pre-k’er and I want to see what other Pre-K’ers will be doing
Grace Wheeler´s last blog ..Come Visit Me At The Well Today!
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I’m so excited to be able to join in this year! It’s our first year and we are starting with Pre-k! yeah!!!
Michelle G´s last blog ..Friday Blog Hop!
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Grace Wheeler Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Awesome Michelle! I’m glad I’m not the only newbie here!
Grace Wheeler´s last blog ..Come Visit Me At The Well Today!
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Michelle G Reply:
July 31st, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Haha! Me too:]
Michelle G´s last blog ..Friday Blog Hop!
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How cool! I’m really excited for this! I just found your site and am looking forward to participating in this blog hop!!!
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I can’t wait! It means that it’s almost time for school to start. And I already have 2 of the 4 posts written already. Yay!!
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I’m new to this hop … but excited to share and learn!
Thanks
Monica
Monica´s last blog ..Planning the School Year
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SO excited for this blog hop again this year!! We loved it last year and found SO many great blogs as a result!!
Gabby´s last blog ..Coming Soon – Science Experiments in a Bag Giveaway
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I remember seeing this going around BloggyLand last year…very excited to participate this time around!
Kathi Bailey´s last blog ..Mandatory Nap Day
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I am so excited to be able to participate in this blog hop this year, this will be our first full year of home schooling and thus it being our first Fall of Not going back to school
Jenn K´s last blog ..Not Back to School Blog Hop
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What a great idea! I’m going to be cyberschooling my kids at home, so the curriculum will alread be chosen, but when I’ve done cyberschool in the past, I still enjoyed getting ideas from other homeschooling sites to help enrich the kids and for suppport.
Jen
Creative and Curious Kids!
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Okay, I’m confused. I posted on my blog and included the above button in my post. Did that link me up? Is there something else I need to do?
MissMOE´s last blog ..Declare Your Curriculum!
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AmyS Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 8:41 am
MissMOE,
This post is just the introduction to let all our readers know when the Blog Hop would begin and the topics. You’ll need to visit the actually Blog Hop post each Monday and include your link. Here is the Blog Hop post that went up yesterday for “Curriculum Week” – http://heartofthematteronline.com/nbtsbh-2010-week-1.
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This will be fun. I love sharing about our homeschool and having the chance to “peak” into other homeschools.
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Hello,
I wrote my post to be a part of the 2010 Not Back to school blog hop – Curriculum Week, but don’t see where I am to link up…
http://sunriselearninglab.blogspot.com/2010/08/bloggy-hopping-curriculum-mapping-plus.html
Sorry, still a little new to blog hopping and such.
Cool idea.
We are eclectic homeschoolers, so I included lots of photos and such…
Have a nice week,
Colleen:)
Colleen – Sunrise Learning Lab´s last blog ..Bloggy Hopping- Curriculum Mapping- Plus- Coming Soon- Daily Dollar Downloads and Freebies for Followers!
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AmyS Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 8:42 am
Hi Colleen,
See my reply above to MissMOE.
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Help! I cannot find the linkie. What to do?
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AmyS Reply:
August 3rd, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Hi Ashley,
See my reply above to MissMOE.
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Excited to join in the fun at Not Back to School Blog Hop too. Here’s my link
Nita´s last blog ..Not Back-to-School Blog Hop- Curriculum Week
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I’ve found this kinda late in the game! I actually posted this week on just this topic, but didn’t know about this blog hop!
I’m not sure where to post my permalink to that post, so I’ll just include it here and maybe someone can let me know if I’ve done it incorrectly!
http://onefullquiver.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-plans-for-our-homeschool-this-year.html
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This is great! I just heard about this, I hope it’s okay to come into this a little late. I actually wrote about my curriculum in July, and was just sitting down to write about my school room!
How funny!
Heather´s last blog ..Homeschool Group- Organization
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Thank you so much for organizing this! It is so fun hopping around to visit other blogs, get ideas, and meet new blogging friends! I’m following those I visit to maintain contact and support other bloggers. This has been a great encouragment!
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I just discovered this! I will have to join in this next week. Do you only do it for the 4 weeks of August or all year?
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