5 homeschool reminders from a former classroom teacher
…for most of the day because the teacher wanted to reward the kids after standardized testing. The Lion King. Not every day in school is an academic one. Not every…
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Q&A: Holiday Schooling-What Do You Do?
…Options 1. You can, of course, choose to structure your days more or less like a traditional school. You have days “on” for school and you have days “off.” So…
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Is it okay to take a holiday break?
…good fit for us. I also know that we’ll continue to learn through real-life: Planning and shopping Cooking and baking Charitable giving Making gifts and decorations What I call “holiday-schooling”…
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Socialization … for moms
…don’t despair, which brings us to… Attend another park day Yes, you should go again. Sometimes, you can’t really connect with anyone that first day. Usually, everyone already knows everyone…
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Creating and Preserving Life Margins
…in or spend the day at the lake? Not really. We need those Sunday mornings to see our friends, worship and grow in our faith. By the end of the…
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3 surprising life skills teenagers need
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I am trying to remember what life skills I had when I entered adulthood. I feel like it was a short list: how to boil…
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3 life lessons from an unexpected classic
Written by Jonathan D. Martin A note from Jamie: Today I have parental bragging honors! I hope by sharing my son Jonathan’s (age 14) post you will be encouraged. It…
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Q&A Friday: Is homeschooling an out-of-reach, exclusive lifestyle?
…make sacrifices in a variety of ways to make this lifestyle work. And yet we know most of us live such a privileged lifestyle in comparison with the rest of…
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Simplifying school (and life) at the holidays
Written by contributor Jessica Fisher of Life as Mom and Good Cheap Eats I well remember my public school days near the holidays. They were chock full of rehearsals for…
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Delighting in the abbey-ness of homeschooling
…often awakened in the middle of the night by a hollering child. Life in an abbey is one of repetition and simple work. Life as a homemaker isn’t too different!…
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Classical Curriculum for a Flexible Lifestyle
…same passage every day for a week, or we can just do the lesson for a few days. There’s plenty of activity ideas to pick and choose. We’ll keep using…
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Back to homeschool inspiration for your upcoming year
…Misty Leask from Beautiful Ashes Unschooling: A Lifestyle of Learning by Sara McGrath from Unschooling Lifestyle We Got Jazz! Exploring the Pioneers of Scat, Bebop, and Swing by Selena Robinson…
