This post contains affiliate links. Many of you have mentioned to me that you've enjoyed adding Little Passports to your homeschool curriculum, and we've felt the same way! Each month we "visit" a new country via the package that arrives in our mailbox (including souvenirs, letters, …
Archives for November 2014
A dose of Thanksgiving inspiration
This post contains affiliate links. Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Happy Thanksgiving, US readers! For this week's homeschool inspiration, I've assembled a collection of Thanksgiving-related links. But since the big day is upon us tomorrow, I've tried to stick …
Socialization … for moms
Written by Amida at Journey into Unschooling. She has met a lot of friendly moms at park days. Socialization seems to be a sort of taboo subject among homeschoolers. More often than not, when questioned, we get defensive and rattle off a whole list of opportunities that meet our child's …
Everyone wants to quit in November and February
Written by contributor Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy Before we even began homeschooling, I had the good fortune to hear Susan Wise Bauer’s warning: “Everyone wants to quit in November and February.” Time has proven her right: these are the months when I feel like we’re just slogging through …
Learning through flow
Written by Laura Grace Weldon Flow is “a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.” ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi My daughter spent much …