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Archives for 2012

Merriment’s agenda: Setting expectations for Christmas day

December 21, 2012 //  by Cari

The following is a guest post written by Cari Stone of Thoughts Interrupted. A note from Jamie: As the countdown for Christmas begins, I hope you can glean some helpful tips from this repost. It originally published on December 21, 2011. I finally had enough. Somewhere between untangling the brand …

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Category: family time

The best part of homeschooling: Enjoying them

December 19, 2012 //  by SarahS

Written by contributor Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home As I write, three teenagers in Santa hats are in the kitchen loudly singing, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” It is 7:15 a.m., and I hush them because I don’t want them to wake “the baby.” The baby is almost 12, and like most tweens, …

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Category: inspiration

Using YouTube for homeschooling

December 14, 2012 //  by Lora

Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Late one Sunday night while lesson planning, I discovered I'd neglected to obtain the books I needed for the following day's lesson. I couldn't make it to the library and I wanted to keep us on schedule. So I did what any mother in the …

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Category: curriculum

Reflecting & refining: Lessons learned in 2012

December 12, 2012 //  by Hillary

Written by contributor Hillary Boucher The last few months flew by and we've had a lot of fun homeschooling. With our oldest children being eight and five it feels like we've come into our own as homeschoolers. Since we've never done this before we are continuously feeling things out, learning …

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Category: organization

Facebook friends: How to see my updates on Facebook

December 11, 2012 //  by Jamie C. Martin

Our Simple Homeschool page on Facebook has nearly 10,000 likes. Over the past year this page has become a well-visited virtual community--where I ask questions from readers, give links to posts, mention giveaways and other items from the web I think you might be interested in. You also share your …

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