This week, the mailman has delivered several of my kids’ favorite magazines. We have been blessed with relatives that have given our girls a gift subscription for their birthdays. But now, according to today’s mail, it’s time to decide if we want to renew. And of course, in this economy, when most of America is [...]
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Jun
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June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
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We have way too much stuff at our house. We’re not terribly materialistic. (Living on a teacher’s salary, we can’t afford to be.) The stuff that clutters our house isn’t high tech computers and gadgets. It’s not fancy sculptures our previous collectibles. Instead, our shelves are deducated to the following: Books Educational toys Art supplies [...]
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Dec
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December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
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The Magic School Bus books were first published in 1986. By that time I was a teen-ager with my first summer job and my first unrequited crush on a girl. I wouldn’t notice the eccentric teacher Ms. Frizzle until PBS began airing a cartoon version of it in the 90s. Even then, it wasn’t something [...]
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Dec
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December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
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I wish I could be writing about Snowy Day activities… But since I live in southern California, we just get the occasional rainstorm and a few gusts of cold wind. None of the white stuff. Still, when it’s a rainy day in California, it feels like a Snow Day! Right now, the kids are having [...]
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Aug
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August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment
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Here’s the first thing you read on the inside jacket of this fascinating book about “classical education”: Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child’s education – by doing it yourself. And so [...]
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Aug
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August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
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Did you take a road trip this summer? Even with the current gas prices, my family and I enjoy traveling across America’s highways at least once a year. Last week, we drove all the way from Seattle to Los Angeles. Whew! Like a lot of parents today, we were tempted to just plug in [...]
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Mar
27
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March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
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This is an awesome video on how to teach reading by using a word notebook. It is a a simple, but helpful idea. My kids have always learned to read when they are good and ready, and sometimes that is at four, and other times it is at nine…It [...]
The more ways you can get your child involved in learning, the better. One way to do this is to get a large roll of brown paper at the office supply store and unroll it on the kitchen floor. Have your child paint a HUGE letter A (if you are learning A, for example, or [...]
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Feb
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Posted by Homeschool_Dad
February 19, 2008 | 3 Comments
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I have five boys. Yeah I know that I have said this before but it never stops amazing me that God actually pulled a fast one like that. Five boys. Three girls. All of my kids are gifted, and most of them have learning “challenges”. ADD, Dyslexia, the list seems to go on and on..and [...]
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Jan
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January 4, 2008 | 4 Comments
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So what do you do if the kids are ready to read a new book and you don’t feel like going to the library? Books online! Did you know that there are several sites where you can read books, both for older kids and board type, illustrated books? Check a few of these out and [...]
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