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Renee

Renee has homeschooled her three children since birth. She's passionate about being with her kids--loving them, training them and giving them hours each day to create, explore, learn and grow. Renee writes about natural living, family life, creativity and homeschooling at her blog FIMBY, Fun In My Back Yard. Together with her husband she encourages families to get outdoors and experience adventure at ADVENTUREinPROGRESS.

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3 Lessons Learned for the Beginner Homeschooler

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Written by Simple Homeschool contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. Eleven years ago our family started this home education journey with the birth of our oldest child. We never did try a public or private school option. Homeschooling is all we know. Our family’s experience is limited to elementary aged education. So I’m certainly no expert on [...]

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family time

4 (Fun) Basic Elements of Backyard Science

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Written by Simple Homeschool contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. Summer is the perfect time for outdoor science and backyard learning. Bubbles, insect study, gardening, star gazing and acorn catapults – all of this is science. And all of it is fun. When your children are young – pre-school and elementary years, it is so simple [...]

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field trips

Lessons Learned while Camping

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Written by monthly contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. Summer is a great time to be outdoors. A time to get away from it all, relax and play as a family. One way to make the most of summer and to really enjoy nature together is to go camping. Camping is a fun, affordable and memorable [...]

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a mom's education

Involving Dad in Your Homeschool

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If you are like “the average” homeschooling family, one parent is largely responsible for the day-to-day schooling while the other is the primary wage earner. Most often Mom is the one at home overseeing the education while Dad is working outside the home. I don’t think this particular arrangement is ideal, but it is the [...]

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home maintenance & management

Managing Your Kitchen and Your Child’s Education

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One of the benefits of homeschooling our children is the opportunity to teach them the nitty gritty of home management. A very useful lifelong skill. This is especially important in the kitchen. Thanks to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and others who are sounding the alarm, we’re becoming aware of how little the average child knows [...]

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methods & philosophies

Great Books for an Outdoors Education

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Our family recently returned from our annual winter camping trip. Three wonderful days of backpacking, sleeping in a wood heated cabin, hiking to ocean lookouts, eating trail food, playing cards, sharing stories and many laughs. The woods and mountains, any time of year, are two of our family’s favorite places to be together. Coming down [...]

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