Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself." ~Galileo Galilei When people first find out that I homeschool my children, their first response is inevitably, “Wow -- That’s great!” followed closely by, …
Archives for November 2012
Weekend links
Mt. Hope Academy Curricula ~ The Great Conversation :: Mt. Hope Chronicles How to burst the college bubble: Stop pretending your alma mater matters :: Yahoo News The beauty of homebound homeschool :: Jimmie's Collage The year I went to school and why I left :: Huffington Post Limit …
Weekend giveaway: Oak Meadow
This giveaway has ended. Thanks for entering! Welcome to another weekend giveaway, sponsored this week by Oak Meadow. In their own words: Curriculum packages—dubbed "curriculum in a box" or "boxed curriculum"—offer homeschooling parents a complete curriculum for a full year. Some parents …
Q&A Friday: What if your child could only learn one lesson?
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and writer at Steady Mom Homeschooling feels awfully complicated at times, wouldn't you agree? There are multiple subjects, multiple children (usually!), and multiple household tasks to juggle. All these categories place demands on our time, …
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Always learning
Written by contributor Rachel Wolf of Lusa Organics and Clean Last week my mom came to visit. When she arrived I was cleaning up from a class I had just taught to our homeschooling coop. As we tidied up, she asked about our lesson. "What were you teaching?" I have a background in …