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Of America and war (2012 curriculum fair)

by SarahS
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Ages of my kids at home: 15 and 11 1/2 Educational Philosophy Influences: Literature-based, Eclectic, College-Bound I am so excited about this upcoming year! I have always maintained that educational flexibility is the highlight of home education, and 2012-13 will be one of those years that embraces flexibility. Shouldn’t education be crafted by creativity, rather [...]

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Lessons Learned from Little House

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom After several months, my three kids and I recently finished reading all nine books of the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Reading these to my own kids was like a dream come true. I fell in love with Laura [...]

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Don’t Know Much About History Resources (2011 Curriculum Fair)

by Amida
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Written by Simple Homeschool contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling Ages of my children: 12, 9, 4, and 5 months Educational Philosophies I Pull From: Unschooling, Eclectic History was never my strong point. I blame it on all the instructors who pretty much killed the subject for me, like elementary school teachers who had us [...]

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