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Fall scheduling angst. (A confessional, of sorts.)
I promised myself I wouldn’t think about school until after Labor Day. (Back when we were in private school, we all liked the rhythm of school starting after Labor Day. That was my excuse.) So we...
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How We Became Classical Unschoolers, and the Books We Use in Our School Every...
Last week I told you why we quit private school for home education. Today I’m sharing a little bit about how we homeschool. Back when we first started homeschooling, we bought boxed grade-level...
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The Really Short Version of Why We Traded Private School for Home Education
This weekend we’re heading to the Cincinnati homeschool conference, so I have home education on the brain. When I asked on twitter and facebook what you all wanted to know about our homeschooling...
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“Your Kids Need to Hear Joy in the Lifestyle You’ve Chosen.”
That’s advice I heard last weekend at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention. It was a well-timed trip, because my own homeschooling days haven’t been so joyous of late. In fact, I’ve been feeling sort...
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Tricking my kids into reading the good stuff.
My kids will happily read just about anything–unless it’s assigned reading. And if I make the further mistake to try to sell them on it? Well, forget about it. They won’t touch that book for years....
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Our homeschool schedule and curriculum choices for 2013
Today I’m sharing some homeschool-specific stuff. We’ll be back to regular programming with some geeky goodness tomorrow, then Monday is the Twitterature linkup. Get your posts ready! This year–our...
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Everyone wants to quit in November and February
Before we even began homeschooling, I had the good fortune to hear Susan Wise Bauer’s warning: “Everyone wants to quit in November and February.” Time has proven her right: these are the months when I...
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Choosing the right path: the hardest part of my homeschool year.
Simple Homeschool is running a series this fall called “the hardest part of my homeschool year,” and today I’m chipping in with my personal stumbling block: the planning. Always the planning. From the...
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Let your kids tackle some meaningful work.
Kids love to do real, meaningful work. The kind with actual value, risks, and consequences. Too often, they don’t get to — because as parents, we don’t let them. Obviously not every kid is begging to...
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The important influence of the not-parents
Today I’m over at Simple Homeschool sharing stories about life with kids. It’s about homeschooling, but not just about homeschooling. From the post: Last week, our 10-year-old surprised us at dinner...
View Article7 ways audiobooks enrich our homeschool experience (and preserve my voice and...
Today I’m over at Simple Homeschool talking about how we use audiobooks in our homeschool. You don’t have to be a homeschooler to put these tips into practice (although I’d be surprised if you wanted...
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Self-care for the highly sensitive parent.
Today I’m over at Simple Homeschool talking about highly sensitive people. If you’re not a homeschooling parent, have no fear: it’s not just for homeschoolers, and it’s not just for parents. From the...
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Our homeschool curriculum choices for the 2014-2015 school year.
I hardly every talk about homeschooling around here. If that floats your boat, this is for you. If it doesn’t, don’t worry—we’ll be back to our regular programming in a day or two. I realized about...
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An education-minded summer reading list.
I know not all of you are parents, and even fewer are homeschoolers. But since we homeschool our kids, I’m over at Simple Homeschool today sharing a summer reading list for homeschooling parents. (#3...
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How to homeschool a kid who hates to write
For whatever reason, some kids hate to write. I don’t mean they dislike it, or they’d rather not today, thank you. No, I’m talking about those kids for whom writing “The cat sat on the mat,” requires...
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Flinging Wide the Doors of Learning: Why I’m Forgetting About Results as I...
Last month I had an aha! moment. It happened while reading Anne’s post on how she’s tackling this year’s goals. The short story? She’s forgetting results. This makes sense in about a thousand ways....
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Mid-year homeschool tweaks
We’re past halfway in the homeschool year, but I don’t have the energy to think over serious changes at actual halftime: I’m just relieved we made it to Christmas break. January is the real time for...
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Choosing the right path: the hardest part of my homeschool year.
Simple Homeschool is running a series this fall called “the hardest part of my homeschool year,” and today I’m chipping in with my personal stumbling block: the planning. Always the planning. From the...
View ArticleLet your kids tackle some meaningful work.
Kids love to do real, meaningful work. The kind with actual value, risks, and consequences. Too often, they don’t get to — because as parents, we don’t let them. Obviously not every kid is begging to...
View ArticleThe important influence of the not-parents
Today I’m over at Simple Homeschool sharing stories about life with kids. It’s about homeschooling, but not just about homeschooling. From the post: Last week, our 10-year-old surprised us at dinner...
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