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Free range learning (Good Reads on Simple Homeschool)

by Jamie
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Like most homeschoolers, I love reading and discussing good books. I also enjoy sharing them with my readers, so I’m happy to have the chance to introduce you today to Free-Range Learning:How Homescholing Changes Everything by Laura Grace Weldon. As someone who pursues interest-led learning with my children, I was drawn to the concept conveyed [...]

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Simple doesn’t always mean easy.

by Jamie
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Sometimes doing the simple thing isn’t the same as doing the easy thing. Know what I mean? Last week I had the chance to share a guest post over on Simple Mom–The road to simplicity is marked by complexity. But it’s still worth it. From my post: “With all the talk about simplicity these days, [...]

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Help! My 5-year-old won’t “do” school!

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: Enjoy this repost, which originally published on April 11, 2011! On occasion emails pop into my inbox from mamas concerned about their children. Are these kids on drugs? Hanging with the wrong crowd? Suffering from serious diseases? No. [...]

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

by Jamie
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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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Q&A Friday: What to do when you want to homeschool but your spouse doesn’t

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom I try to notice and pay attention to recurring themes that come through my inbox. Recently, some of these have had a common thread–spouses being on separate pages when it comes to homeschooling. I am fortunate to be blessed with a husband who not [...]

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Arranging a Kid Swap

by Angie Kauffman
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The following is a guest post by Angie of Many Little Blessings and The Homeschool Classroom. While I love that we made the decision to start homeschooling four years ago, I would occasionally think that I wished I could just have a couple of hours to just get caught up on things without the kids [...]

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