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The 6 Month Inventory

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Back to school time is here for many of us. This time of year always lends itself well to goal-setting and thinking about what we want the next nine months to look like, and what outcomes we’d like to see at the [...]

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curriculum

Relaxed Elementary Education (2011 Curriculum Fair)

by Renee
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Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY Ages of my children: 12, 10, and 8 Educational Philosophies I pull from: Leadership Education, Literature-Based, Charlotte Mason, Unschooling When Jamie first proposed this series I thought, “That will be easy to write. We don’t use much.” Then I saw all the questions from the introductory post and [...]

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curriculum

Resources for Early Learning (2011 Curriculum Fair)

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom Ages of my children: 7.5, 6.5, and 6 Educational Philosophies I Pull From: Waldorf, Leadership Education, Unschooling When I had two children, both still toddlers, I planned out their entire education for the next 15 years. I spent hours drawing charts, researching, [...]

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a mom's education

How you think is more important than what you know.

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom We live in a distracted world. So do our kids. Information rapidfires at us from multiple directions, faster than we can process it. In fact, it’s impossible to process it all anyway. When it comes to education, we’re encouraged to focus our [...]

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methods & philosophies

The Evolution of an Educational Philosophy: My Journey of Baby Steps

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom I wished I hadn’t shown up that day. But God knew better. The late summer sun spun rainbows through the window of my minivan, as I sat in the parking lot of a church–journal and pen in hand. I had just attended [...]

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methods & philosophies

The 4 Phases of Learning in Leadership Education

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom When I was first began learning about homeschooling, I stumbled across the book Better Late Than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore. The authors’ premise is that delayed formal academics often fit better with the growth and development of children than the [...]

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