Need a hint of spring, anyone?!

• Mid-year homeschool tweaks :: From contributor Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy
• German homeschool family will not be deported from US :: BBC News
• A Well-Trained Mind – Podcast with Susan Wise Bauer :: The Art of Simple Podcast
  
• Interest-led learning (& living) career planning :: FIMBY
  
• On winter hibernation and growth under the surface :: My post this week on Steady Mom

“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

We had such a special time hanging out with the Oxenreider family last weekend–watching our kids build snow forts together, taking walks, chatting over a meal – an awesome day!

• 16 middle school homeschool blogs you should be following :: From contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers
  
• Zero to Two: The Book of Play :: Simple Kids
• A New York and Chicago Mom Discover What Standardized Rigor Really Means for Their Children :: Missouri Education Blog
• Why some kids can’t spell and why spelling tests won’t help :: The Conversation
  
• The magic portal between how we treat our kids and how we treat ourselves :: A Little Yes

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Trishna (age 10) still loves our Green Kid Crafts subscription

• What if we all stopped comparing? :: From contributor Kara Anderson of Quill and Camera
• Gold medalist Jamie Anderson’s mom: I didn’t push my kids ‘to read and write’ :: Today 
• Old folks posing similarly to portraits of their younger selves :: 22 Words
  
• 7 Crippling Mistakes :: A Thomas Jefferson Education
  
• Getting started with storytelling in Kindergarten :: Lavender’s Blue Homeschool

The winner of this weekend’s giveaway from Educents is Amanda Lamar – congratulations!

If you didn’t win, remember you can still get an extra 10% off Educents’ already discounted rates! Just use the code “SimpleHomeschool10″ at checkout.

“…it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.”
~ Norton Juster

With all the snow we’ve been having, there’s been quite a lot of weather study going on!

A quick invitation today before weekend links:

Have you enjoyed our 4th annual homeschool day in the life series? I’ve loved it, and now I’d love for you to join us!

Feel free to write your own homeschool day in the life post this week on your blog. Then come by here next Friday, February 14th (Happy Valentine’s Day!) and share your link so we can check out and read about each other’s days.

Don’t have a blog? No worries, you can always leave a comment and tell us about your day, too. See you Friday!

Now on to our weekend links:
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• The worst day: How to make what’s not working work for you :: From contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane
  
• From evaluation to inspiration :: Scientific American
• Top 5 homeschooling blogs you should follow :: WizIQ Blog (Honored to have been mentioned here.)
• When homeschooling breaks your marriage just a little bit :: Quill and Camera
  
• Chinese new year paper lanterns :: Journey into Unschooling

A special welcome and thank you to the sponsors here on
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