curriculum

Transition from Interest-Led Elementary to Middle School Years (2012 Curriculum Fair)

by Renee
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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. Ages of my children: (almost) 13, 11, and 9 Educational Philosophies I pull from: Leadership Education, Literature-Based, Charlotte Mason, Unschooling Our family has gone through a lot of change in the past year. We moved to a different country and have lived in three different provinces or states [...]

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giveaways

Queen for a Day giveaway 2012

by Jamie
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This giveaway has ended and the winner will be announced soon! Welcome to our second annual Queen for a Day giveaway! Today we’ve got six gift baskets full of treats to celebrate the mom in your life, just in time for Mother’s Day on May 13th. Motherhood is not an easy job, but it is [...]

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Introducing….Simple Design!

by Jamie
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Yesterday we were a network of five blogs, but today we’re a network of six! I wanted to take a chance to invite you to head over to visit the newest member of Simple Living Media–Simple Design! About Simple Design: “We want to inspire your everyday, lifting your idea of simple to a new and [...]

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curriculum

Trail Guide to Learning (Curriculum Fair 2012)

by Kris
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Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Children’s ages: 16, 12, and 10 Educational Philosophy Influences: Classical, Charlotte Mason, Eclectic I‘m really excited about the 2012-2013 school year! That’s because we’ll be continuing with curriculum that we found this year – curriculum that we love! Trail Guide to Learning. My older daughter will [...]

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a mom's education

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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curriculum

Resources for interest-led learning (2012 curriculum fair)

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Ages of my children: 8.5, 7.5, and 7 Educational Philosophies I pull from: Leadership Education, Waldorf, Unschooling The first time I looked at the instructor’s guide of a popular curriculum, it made my head spin. You mean we have to do all this? And [...]

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