Jan

31

Ouch!

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January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Is it common place to be incredibly clumsy when you are going through a growth spurt - well i am holding out hope that it is.  My son has become a walking train wreck….(don’t know how that works).  Last week I was taking a nap in the recliner and he came over to “hug” me [...]

Jan

30

Using Computers for Home schooling

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January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Computers: life-sucking machine or powerful tool? I have had a love-hate relationship with them since they became a household appliance - in some ways they seem to take us away from the real world and other ways they open up new worlds. Well I think like any resource it is how we use [...]

Jan

28

Some free resources

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January 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One thing that makes home schooling so doable these days is the internet. There are so many resources out there - sometimes the problem is finding them. I have found it helpful to get on newsletter lists where people share what has been helpful for them. Here is a link that someone found that provides [...]

Jan

26

Cool Story

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January 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When I first started researching home schooling I came across many stories like this one. But each one gives the often needed confidence to continue down this often lonely home schooling road.

Jan

24

Learning styles

Posted by nicki

January 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

I came across this resource in my reading and found it helpful. In thinking about how our kids (and ourselves) are different in how we receive information, here is a list of educational tools to gear toward those learning abilities. I think this list is originally adapted from Howard Gardner’s work.
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence - [...]

Jan

22

Cincinnati Homeschool Convention

Posted by nicki

January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cincinnati is hosting a home school convention in late March for all you Mid-westerners who want to gather some more ideas, curriculum, or connections.  I haven’t been, but listening in on some message boards sounds like it could be helpful.  Here is the site if you want to check it out.

Jan

17

The Traveling Homeschooler

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January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The opportunity to travel and see/experience the  world is a big motivation to home school our kids.  My husband and I dream of renting a motor home and just going, stopping where we want to stop, seeing what we want to see, experiencing the people and the culture of different areas.  How cool would it [...]

Jan

7

Rough Week

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January 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well we have been sick all week.  My son started coughing on Sunday and it has been a week of fevers, sleepless nights, PBS, whining, doctors offices - and I am just started to feel bad myself.  Why can’t we all get it at once?  Oh well the fun thing about it is my kids [...]

Jan

3

Criticism of homeschooling

Posted by nicki

January 3, 2007 | 2 Comments

Everyone who decided against the public school system has to deal with it - criticism. What I find interesting is that they usually feel prepared/ or justified in their criticism when it is obvious that they have given a full five minutes of thought on the subject, or worse yet are regurgitating something they [...]