Written by Amida at Journey into Unschooling. She has met a lot of friendly moms at park days. Socialization seems to be a sort of taboo subject among homeschoolers. More often than not, when questioned, we get defensive and rattle off a whole list of opportunities that meet our child's …
Archives for November 2014
Everyone wants to quit in November and February
Written by contributor Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy Before we even began homeschooling, I had the good fortune to hear Susan Wise Bauer’s warning: “Everyone wants to quit in November and February.” Time has proven her right: these are the months when I feel like we’re just slogging through …
Learning through flow
Written by Laura Grace Weldon Flow is “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi My daughter spent much …
When something breaks your homeschool heart
Written by Kara Anderson It happened so quickly. Just eight weeks ago we were part of a homeschool group we loved. A group that had been home for more than four years. A group that had become like family. I write this post from a place a deep sadness, because we found ourselves stepping …
The road less traveled by
Written by Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool "I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." ~ Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken Would you prefer to …