5 minutes to a more satisfying homeschool day ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins When I was a little girl, there was one question that came up every day. The actual days were all different. I would go to school, and then I might have soccer practice or dance lessons or scouts or choir, but …
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Learning from the natural world this summer
Written by Rachel Turiel of 6512 and Growing “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt In the summer we take our school outside. We jump into this fleeting season where every …
Slowing down and making summer memories
Written by Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers I've read a lot - and even written a lot - on the internet over the last few weeks about summer activities, summer reading lists, summer bucket lists, and so on. I'm all for summer activities. I signed up for Kids Bowl Free a month …
Summer = time gained
Written by Sarah Mackenzie of Amongst Lovely Things. I have a bad habit of thinking that summer is time lost. You know what I’m talking about, right? It seems that every time we take a couple of months off of school completely, when we finally get back to hitting the books in September, each …
5 things a new baby can teach us about homeschooling
Written by Beth Watson of Classical Conversations at Home. For the past six months, I've been in new baby heaven. Blissful, love at first sight, sweet smelling, all night cuddles heaven. While I've been operating in a bit of a sleep-deprived fog, I've had the chance to relish my new guy and …
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