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Melissa Camara Wilkins

About Melissa Camara Wilkins

Melissa Camara Wilkins is the author of Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of the Rest. She lives with her husband and six (homeschooled!) kids in Southern California.

3 friendship lessons to teach your kids

May 30, 2023 //  by Melissa Camara Wilkins//  Leave a Comment

3 Friendship lessons to teach your kids ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins If, way back when we first started homeschooling, I’d made a list of things my kids would learn, it probably would have included the obvious: Math. Reading. Writing. History. Science. I might even have included Life …

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Category: family time

How to introduce Shakespeare in your homeschool

April 4, 2023 //  by Melissa Camara Wilkins//  Leave a Comment

How to introduce Shakespeare in your homeschool ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Fun fact: the people in my household have a whole variety of opinions about Shakespeare. Some of my kids love reading Shakespeare’s plays. (One of our teenagers has a goal of reading them all before the end of …

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Category: curriculumTag: shakespeare

Melissa’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 9-, 12-, 15-, and 16-year-old)

February 9, 2023 //  by Melissa Camara Wilkins//  4 Comments

Melissa's homeschool day in the life (with an 9-, 12-, 15- & 16-year-old) ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins When my oldest kids were little, I used to read day-in-the-life posts like these feeling equal parts excited to find great new ideas to try, and totally inadequate comparing my days to …

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Category: organizationTag: day in the life, homeschool day in the life

Where To Find The Best Educational Gifts

December 12, 2022 //  by Melissa Camara Wilkins//  Leave a Comment

Where To Find The Best Educational Gifts ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I love this time of year, when the kids are doing their math by the twinkle lights, with a soundtrack of Christmas carols in the background and the smell of gingerbread in the air. But along with all the holiday magic …

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4 Tools for Teaching Times Tables at Home

October 18, 2022 //  by Melissa Camara Wilkins//  3 Comments

4 Tools for Teaching Times Tables at Home ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins A note from Jamie: If you feel discouraged by your homeschool right now, please check out my course, Homeschooling with Purpose. It's open through this Friday, and I'll walk with you live to design a homeschool you …

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Category: curriculumTag: multiplication, times tables

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