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Lora Lynn chronicles life as a homeschool mom, twin mom, adoptive mom, and generally busy mom of seven young children over at Vita Familiae.

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Using Pinterest for Homeschool Inspiration

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Pinterest is the latest darling of social websites. It allows you to “pin” or bookmark pictures and posts that inspire you. You can then organize them into categories, creating your own lovely online bulletin board. For homeschool moms that crawl the internet looking for craft ideas or inspiration, it’s the perfect way to keep up [...]

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Cataloging the Homeschool Library

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Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Everybody knows homeschoolers have a lot of books. We collect them like dust. Our kids are drawn to them. And, usually, they become a part of our home decor in almost every room. If your local library has an electronic catalog of their books, and you have [...]

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Low-Maintenance Curriculum for a High-Maintenance Family (2011 Curriculum Fair)

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Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae Ages of my children: 7, 7, 5, 4, 2, 1 Educational Philosophy Influences: Classical, Literature-based With six kids ages seven and under, it was important to me that the curriculum I chose did the heavy-lifting, and not the other way around. We’re mostly Classical style homeschoolers with [...]

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Why We School Year Round

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Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae The simple answer to the question of why we school year round is: Because Life is Messy. Which is the utter truth.  The house gets messy when everyone stays home.  The house gets messy when we leave.  Sickness, travel, visiting relatives, potty training…they’re the stuff that makes [...]

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The Truth: Lora Lynn’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 2-, 3-, 5-, & two 6-year-olds)

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Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae, currently on her way to Uganda to meet her 6th child! I worked hard to come up with a workable daily routine for our busy family.  I’m proud of what I do and the fact that it works for us.  But the truth is, school days with [...]

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What the “Experts” Would Do Differently

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Written by Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae One of my favorite questions to ask homeschool moms who are ahead of me on the path is “What would you do differently?  If you could go back, is there something you did that you wish you could change?” As the calendar year draws to a close and [...]

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