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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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methods & philosophies

Educational Philosophies Defined, Part I

by Jamie
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Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: This month on Simple Homeschool, one of our themes is educational philosophy. So it seems like a good time to revisit this post, originally published on February 15, 2010. You can also check out the second part of [...]

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Art and Creativity in the Great Outdoors

by Heidi
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Written by Heidi Scovel of Mt. Hope Chronicles. Summer. There is something delicious about that word, especially for a mother of three young boys after an even-rainier-than-normal Pacific Northwest spring. Children need to stretch their lungs, their legs, and their imaginations. The great outdoors are calling. We may be inclined to set down our formal spelling [...]

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Five in a Row: Enlarge your Preschooler’s World with Books

by Tsh
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I love the eagerness, innocence, and curiosity of preschoolers. They have so many questions about the world, and their genuine interest in finding out the answers make them ideal candidates as natural learners. Add to this my own daughter’s precociousness and voracious interest in learning to read, and I knew I needed to add a [...]

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