Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. In the day-to-day of life, every homeschool parent hopes for good homeschool days. Sure, we know they aren't all going to look like that photo on the front of the homeschooling magazine. We also know that bad days are …
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We get to do this…together
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and writer at Steady Mom Dear Trishna, Jonathan, and Elijah: I've watched the school bus go by for years now--sometimes with envy, longing for a bit of extra "me" time and a bit less responsibility. Lately, though, I watch it through the …
Slow and steady :: On learning at your own pace
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. You know those high achieving homeschoolers who read by age three and recite the times tables backwards and forwards by 3rd grade? The ones with the perfect penmanship, excellent spelling, and an uncanny ability to build complex mechanical …
Confessions of an abridged book reader
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom "I pledge allegiance to living books, to the pure classics of literature. And never will an abridgment land on our shelves, for it would ruin our education forever." If you've been homeschooling long, you've no …
How we’re teaching our kids to read classically
The following is a guest post written by Beth Watson of Classical Conversations at Home Amelia Bedelia. Pippi Longstocking. Anne of Green Gables. These are just a few of my favorite book characters from growing up. I love reading. I always have. My husband likes "reading" by listening to …