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Making the grade
According to conventional wisdom, I have a second grader, kindergartner and preschooler. I don’t care much for the labels, but it helps when people ask the question – “What grade are you in?” I think it’s important that my children have an answer that non-homeschoolers understand. If Susan answers “I’m in second grade,” then the [...]
September 22, 2005
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As promised – the improved schedule
Like I said yesterday, I’m changing the schedule/routine around here. One of my favorite homeschooling how-to books is The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer. Homeschool long enough and you are bound to cross paths with it; it’s a popluar resource for classical home education. Since I’m a plotter and a schemer, the chapter regarding [...]
September 14, 2005
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A carnival of homeschoolers
Stumbled upon a homeschool carnival this morning. There is lots to read, so grab a coffee and enjoy.
September 14, 2005
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Tweaking the routine
Here I go regarding routine again, but it’s September and it’s that time of year to get all “your ducks in a row,” so to speak. If I’m not organized with a plan of attack now, the year will be gone and I won’t have half of my goals accomplished. Last year, also my first [...]
September 13, 2005
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My crazy co-op children
We just pull into the parking lot, when baby Lucy decides to… how do I say it?… deposit what sounds like a squishy gift into her Pampers. Now Lucy, almost five months, is totally breastfed, and you moms who nurse know how such tiny babies, even those tiny ones who can’t even hold their little [...]
September 9, 2005
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I’m on a homeschooling drug
I thrive on routine. I need it almost like a drug, a drug that keeps me sane on crazy days. The dishes can be piled in the sink, laundry overflowing the baskets and the telephone calling my name, but if it’s time to start our second-grade lessons, then we start. The gossip – or crisis [...]
September 6, 2005
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