Written by Purva Brown of The Classical Unschooler. Late one evening, a couple of friends asked me why I had my children memorize things. "I thought you call yourself an unschooler," one of them said. "I am an unschooler. But I'm a classical unschooler," I said. Laughter. "That doesn't …
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What to say to your kids on hard homeschooling days
What to say to your kids on hard homeschooling days ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Last Monday, I woke up to find a pool of water on our kitchen floor because our refrigerator had decided to stop refrigerating overnight. Instead it had thawed every frozen thing inside it, which is really the …
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How summer learning can make your entire school year better
Written by Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things I don't call us year-round homeschoolers. (More in protest than anything else.) The truth is, we do learn year-round. But that title just sounds so sad. No summer vacation. No days at the beach. No feeling of excitement when late August rolls …
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3 ways to help your kids handle criticism
3 ways to help your kids handle criticism ~ Written by Kari Patterson "I need to be able to offer you constructive criticism without you getting upset about it." She looked at me coldly. I blinked back tears. It was the worst possible moment for her sweeping criticism. I was tired, had spent …
Books you’ll want to know about!
Written by Jamie C. Martin So many incredible books have crossed my path recently that I've been eager to let you know about, so I decided this post would give me the perfect opportunity to share them all--enjoy! * Keepsake Journals by Katie Clemons ~ Follow Katie online. I have been a …