Unit Study: American Girl
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We all probably know one girl in our lives (our own daughters and their friends or another relative) who has an American Girl dollIn our homeschool, we’ve done a lot with the American Girl dolls (from the Pleasant Company). My daughter has quite a collection and she still loves them as much as ever at eleven years old....
Being a Homeschool Mom Means My Life is Not My Own
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Today I was surprised to find in my email, a request from an editor of our local paper. Citing a current argument about busing for magnet school students, he asked if I cared to send him my thoughts regarding busing, magnet schools, or what sacrifices I’d made to educate my children. I thought I’d pass along what I sent...
Project-Based Learning
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In my January article, I focused on how I prepare unit studies in our homeschool. I wrote very briefly about using projects at the end of the unit for evaluation. In this article, I’d like to explain further why I believe project-based learning is important and how to incorporate projects into your unit studies (or into...
Once a Homeschool Kid, Now a Homeschool Mom
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I have been asked many times to compare what it was like being a homeschool student to what it is like now being a homeschool mother – what I do the same, what I do differently, and how my experiences as a child have helped me now that I am homeschooling my own children. When I first sat down to write about it, the first...
Hearing a New Perspective
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Do you have songs that just stick in your head? Ones that you just can’t shake, no matter how hard you’ve tried to get rid of them over the years? It would be here that I could remind you of jingles such as the Oscar Meyer Weiner song and send you merrily humming away….but that would be mean, so I’ll...
State Geography Studies
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When we pulled our oldest son home from public school half way through first grade, we didn’t have a lot of homeschooling materials or fancy curriculum. Our one goal for him at that time was to reestablish his love of learning which had been quickly and efficiently squelched by a traditional classroom setting. Mostly we read...
Geography Products Round Up
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This month, our review roundup features educational products useful in teaching Geography. Learning Resources U.S.A States & Capitals Bingo A great way to learn about the United States names, capitals and abbreviations. A fun way to drill and review. Bingo cards are double sided. One side features state names (outlines of...
Incorporate a Little Geography into your Day
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I have a tendency to get stuck in a rut when scheduling our geography studies. Doing the same thing time after time…and forgetting that there are other ideas just waiting to be used by our family. There’s a little list growing in my planner of different things to try throughout our year: In France it’s...
Me On the Map: Unit Study for Preschoolers
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I’ve recently discovered the Joan Sweeney “Me” series and fallen in love! These are great books to create your own unit study with a preschool aged child. They begin simply, and gradually progress to the big picture making each topic easy to read, grasp and explain to your preschooler. In our preschool we...
Games and Activities for Geography
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Keeping geography fun and exciting for my kids can sometimes be tricky. We follow a routine in how we study various countries, so to avoid falling into a rut, I have a few fun games and ideas that we squeeze in. You know, the ones where they don’t really know that they are learning. They’re to busy having fun and...
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