Nov

24

Houghton Mifflin — Online Educational Resources

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November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments

My ten year old daughter — she just had a birthday & I can’t believe she’s now a decade old! — told me today that she and her younger sister plan to enter a spelling bee in January.  Now, my older girl has had a love-hate relationship with spelling.  She enjoys writing songs and stories [...]

Jan

2

Free Homeschool Planners

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January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment

  image:www.kerrier.gov.uk I don’t know about you but I am busily planning the net part of our school year. For us it is actually the new school year because we are coming off of our long break.  I will spend the next several days planning things out so that I can keep up with everyone’s [...]

Oct

1

October is COmputer Learning Month

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October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment

There are alot of ways to utilize the computer for learning at home. Programs like Switched on Schoolhouse are helpful to parents that prefer not to carry the full responsibility for the teaching process. The student sits at the computer and utilizes the capabilites of the program for learning all subjects or just one. There [...]

Sep

18

Happy Birthday U.S. Air Force!

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September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Today’s holiday is the birthday of the United States Air Force. They take alot of flack from the other services, all in good fun of course. On Sept. 18, 1947, W. Stuart Symington was sworn in as the first secretary of the Air Force. This branch would no longer be the Army Air Force but [...]

Aug

9

High School Notebooking

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August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is an easy way to keep track of what your high schooler is learning. Basically your high schools student will write their own textbooks. You need to get the 3 ring binders with the plastic cover that you can slide pictures into. Have the student, for now, just write the name of what it [...]

Aug

3

How Do I Count Credits For High School? and Other Dilemmas

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August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

Yep that really is me. 1978. ANd yes, that IS a Dorothy Hamill cut, thank you for noticing. One of the scariest things about homeschooling through highschool is the idea that if you mess up your child will forever be an illiterate ignoramous and never move out. You can probably relax on that one. You [...]

Aug

1

Check this out!

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August 1, 2007 | 3 Comments

This summer seems to be full of blog contests and giveaways. I don’t think I have ever seen so many! Hallie, over at Confessions From the Rubber Room is having a giveaway to win something that ..well…you will LIKE it. If you win and DON’T like it you can send it to me. What a [...]

Jul

26

Vintage Childens’ Records

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July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When I was a kid way back in the 60′s it was fun, especially on a rainy day, to listen to one of the story records that I owned. These were 33′s and had stories read by various people, with sound effects and music. I think that they entertained me for hours! My favorite was [...]

Jul

25

Charlotte Mason

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July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

Charlotte Mason was a female educator that lived during the late victorian era. She started a school in England called, Ambleside that was very popular in her day. Her methods and ideas about educating children were insightful and thought provoking and they still are! ..and if you have not heard of her you haven’t been [...]

Jul

13

On Being a Kangaroo

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July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

First of all.. Sometimes when someone does something encouraging you fire off an email of thanks and it is enough..However sometimes you need to be a little more intense because for what ever reason the people REALLY blessed you. So many of you have emailed, given, sent, and prayed for me and my family since [...]

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