A Writing Lesson Your Kids May Love
Posted by Cindy West | 1 comment
‘Tis the season for writing and receiving newsletters! While I’ve never gotten on the bandwagon of writing lengthy newsletters about our family’s happenings over the past year to stuff in Christmas cards, I do enjoy reading those that show up in my mailbox. And that got my mind turning one day… My children don’t...
Thanksgiving Homeschool Celebration
Posted by Tricia Hodges | 0 comments
A captive audience. That’s what you have in family and friends on Thanksgiving. Each year at this time we share what we call a unit celebration of our homeschool. Basically, we show off the best of our school work and projects while the side dishes are still warming in the oven. This four-year tradition is rooted in our...
What a Homeschooling Mom Learned from the Harvard Business Review
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At work, we’ve been implementing a new Point of Sale computer system at our five stores. Lately, it seems we’ve been going in circles, revisiting all the decisions we made at the beginning of our project. Project failure, perhaps? Not at all. Thanks to an article in the Harvard Business Review*, I’m feeling like we’re...
Unit Study: American Girl
Posted by HeatherW | 0 comments
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....
An Open Letter to New Homeschoolers
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I want to share some tips I’ve learned along the way so that hopefully you can learn from them too. 1) Remember, slow and steady wins this race- your kids don’t have to know everything today or even this year so refrain from turning on the fire hose of information. A corollary to this is don’t worry about keeping up with...
HELP, I’m Homeschooling…Now What?
Posted by Jamerrill | 0 comments
Congratulations! You’ve taken the big step—homeschooling! You bought your curriculum and no doubt have a closet full of school supplies. Your dreams are big for your family’s educational lifestyle, but for many, those pesky fears of self-doubt and second-guessing may be raising their ugly head. Have no fear you’re not...
The Homeschooling Journey
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Homeschooling is a journey. One that can be compared at first to perhaps looking out at the sea, and feeling curious about what is out there. It looks so beautiful, inviting, and exciting. So you touch the water with your toe, but then you feel the first sting of the coldness. You hesitate for a moment, but are still drawn to...
Wanted: Wisdom
Posted by Barbara | 0 comments
At the time of this writing, it is August first. The planned publishing date for the article is August 25th. Regardless, I can tell you that both today and that 25th of August will find me wondering if I have my September planned just so, and if I have all my supplies, and all the resources, and all the strength needed to...
Finding Time for the Extras
Posted by Cindy West | 0 comments
Do you ever get overwhelmed trying “fit it all in” during school hours? There are so many, many wonderful things to do, places to go, and subjects to study! I used to stress over all the missed opportunities and fret over all the extras that just didn’t find their way into our schedule. Over the years, though, I’ve...
Coaching the Writing Process
Posted by HeatherW | 0 comments
I think it’s fair to say we all want our kids to be good writers. Some children are natural writers and some are not. They will do anything to get out of writing even one sentence. Have you ever given much thought as to why we want our kids to write well? Is it because our jobs will be easier as homeschooling parents? Is it...
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