Category: Homeschool
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Me vs the Wasps
You know those times when your child asks you something and you’re distracted so you just kind of mutter “sure, sure, that’s fine” and then you discover later on that you’ve actually agreed to host a fairy tea party? Or does that only happen to me? This took place months and months ago. Snow was still on the ground…
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A Day in the Life of our Homeschool
Earlier this year, I tried several different times to do a “Day in the Life” post because I love reading these kind of posts on other homeschool blogs. I kept putting it off though – partly because every day is so different from the last and partly because I’m afraid that people will judge me because the kids…
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From Waldorf to Charlotte Mason
Have you ever wondered about our switch from Waldorf to Charlotte Mason education? This is why we moved from one to the other in our homeschool, and what attracted me to both styles of educating. We started school again on the first Monday of August – a whole month earlier than the public schools up here…
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Finding a Summer Rhythm
Back in May, River put down her Calvin and Hobbes book and exclaimed that summer vacation was less than a month away. I laughed out loud before I could stop myself – summer vacation? What summer vacation? Our whole school year has been “relaxed”. With a baby in the house, even our best laid lesson plans were often interrupted…
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All the Time in the World
I started writing a post awhile ago about why we started homeschooling. There are lots of reasons, of course, but the best reason I could come up with is that homeschooling gives my kids and I time together. Lots of time. Too much time. (Ha ha. Kidding… mostly). Take our mornings, for example. Back when my…