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home maintenance & management

home maintenance & management

Will This House Get Cleaned Before the Kids Graduate?

by Jamie24 comments
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Anyone who has been homeschooling long knows the secret for “getting it all done.” The secret is–that there is no secret. And it is virtually impossible, especially with many little ones underfoot, to get it “all done.” When you focus on the house, the schoolwork slides. When you focus on the schoolwork, the house slides. [...]

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Managing Your Kitchen and Your Child’s Education

by Renee22 comments
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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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The Model Homeschool

by Amida22 comments
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I am a huge fan of model homes. I love visiting them and poring over photos of perfectly arranged rooms with that too-perfect-to-be-lived-in quality. I know that many of these are set up for a spectacular photo shoot — I’m sure if you could see the other side of the photographer, there’d be a pile [...]

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3 Steps to a Natural Home Learning Atmosphere

by Jamie10 comments
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You probably have a clear idea of what learning looks like inside the four walls of a school building. But when starting to consider home education, suddenly the learning view gets a little murky. Should I put desks in my basement, stick up a flag, and start the day with the pledge of allegiance? Perhaps–or [...]

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