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Jamie is a mama to three cute kids born on three different continents. She serves as editor of Simple Homeschool, and blogs about mindful parenting at Steady Mom. Jamie is also the author of two books: Steady Days: A Journey Toward Intentional, Professional Motherhood and Mindset for Moms: From Mundane to Marvelous Thinking in Just 30 Days.

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Queen for a Day: And the winner is…

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We ended up with over 1,000 entries in our queen for a day giveaway on this site alone, and I’m excited that one incredible mama will be blessed with all the gifts included in this year’s gift basket. Thank you all for being readers here. We have grown a virtual community of homeschoolers encouraging and [...]

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Queen for a Day giveaway 2012

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This giveaway has ended and the winner will be announced soon! Welcome to our second annual Queen for a Day giveaway! Today we’ve got six gift baskets full of treats to celebrate the mom in your life, just in time for Mother’s Day on May 13th. Motherhood is not an easy job, but it is [...]

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Introducing….Simple Design!

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Yesterday we were a network of five blogs, but today we’re a network of six! I wanted to take a chance to invite you to head over to visit the newest member of Simple Living Media–Simple Design! About Simple Design: “We want to inspire your everyday, lifting your idea of simple to a new and [...]

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Our words have power. Let’s use them wisely.

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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom I‘m popping in today to let you know about my guest post over at my friend (& contributor here) Jessica’s blog, Life as Mom. My post is called Stop Whining and Start Living: Understanding the Power of our Words. Here’s an excerpt: “There was [...]

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Resources for interest-led learning (2012 curriculum fair)

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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Ages of my children: 8.5, 7.5, and 7 Educational Philosophies I pull from: Leadership Education, Waldorf, Unschooling The first time I looked at the instructor’s guide of a popular curriculum, it made my head spin. You mean we have to do all this? And [...]

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Weekend Links

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I’ve been learning more about Beatrix Potter, in anticipation of our family’s upcoming trip to England. We leave in just a couple of weeks! Bringing up an e-reader :: NY Times Free blank map worksheets :: Super Teacher Worksheets Falling in love with the world :: Imagine Childhood A time for everything :: Mom Heart [...]

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