February 2010

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Weekend Links

by Jamie
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Embrace Your Family’s Unique Learning Styles :: Zen Family Habits Our New Laptop :: Journey Into Unschooling Children Teach Themselves to Read :: Psychology Today A Homeschool Recipe:: Homeschool. Style. Bytes. (by Misha of Beauty and Joy) Good Old-Fashioned Paste :: Simple Kids Simple Living Weekly: the best of the network for your weekend reading [...]

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inspiration

Navigating Homeschooling Detours: What to Do When the Road Gets Rough

by Stefani
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My oldest son likes to use our GPS to map out trips. Even if we’re just going to the grocery store, he gleefully plugs in coordinates and calls out eager directions from the back seat. Things don’t always go according to plan though. More than once we’ve followed directions to the letter and found ourselves [...]

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methods & philosophies

Giving Our Children the World: Education Through Geography

by Heidi
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As a child, I would sit in a chair and look at my grandfather’s world globe for what seemed like hours at a time. Feeling the bumps of mountains. Reading the names of each country. Plotting a course across the ocean. What is it like to live there? How does it feel to swim in [...]

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New on Simple Organic: Green Goal-Setting, Part 2: Home Life

by Jamie
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Simple Homeschool readers will want to check out the helpful post Katie wrote yesterday at Simple Organic. Many of us involve our children in creating a greener atmosphere at home, and this article is full of great ideas. From her post: “This week, it’s time to take a look at our home life, and the [...]

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Educational Philosophies Defined, Part II

by Jamie
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Last week we explored four educational methods–giving a brief overview of each and providing links for further research. So many methods exist that we could go on and on (& on!). For today, let’s cover five more and what they look like from a homeschooler’s perspective. 1. The Classical Method

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Weekend Links

by Jamie
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Cabin Fever and All That Good Stuff :: The Creative Mama Watercolor Multiplication Flashcards :: Our Little Nature Nest Want Passionate Kids? Let Them Be :: MSNBC Shakespeare for Children (And Their Parents, Too) :: Mt. Hope Chronicles Classical Homeschool Reviews :: The Tie That Binds Us Workboxes :: Homegrown Mom See you back here [...]

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