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Jamie’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake: Failing to Be Me

October 8, 2012 //  by Jamie C. Martin

Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom A note from Jamie: Were you a reader last year, when all of our contributors shared their biggest homeschooling mistakes? Enjoy this repost from last October! I began my homeschooling career like many of you: with a …

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Toni’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake: Doubt

November 9, 2011 //  by Toni

Written by contributor Toni Anderson of The Happy Housewife I had been homeschooling for less than a year when I found out I was pregnant with our fourth child. I was overwhelmed at the thought of homeschooling my third and first grader while managing a baby and a toddler. I didn't think it …

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Sarah’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake: Not Traveling More

October 28, 2011 //  by SarahS

Written by contributor Sarah Small of SmallWorld at Home One of the things that really aggravated me when our son was in public school in first grade was being told that we shouldn’t go on trips that would make him miss school. Really? So being in a classroom is more culturally valuable than …

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Heather’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake: Not Starting Sooner

October 26, 2011 //  by Heather

Written by Heather Bruggeman of Beauty That Moves This was a challenging topic upon first glance, as Renee already mentioned. So many thoughts came up for me - "I don't like to focus on the mistakes... every bump in the road is an opportunity to grow... I like to stay focused on the present …

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Lora Lynn’s Biggest Homeschooling Mistake: 2-for-1 Homeschooling

October 21, 2011 //  by Lora

Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae My two eldest sons are pretty close in age. And by "close" I mean sixty seconds apart. Since I was pregnant with them, I've heard "Two for the price of one!" And later I heard, "Homeschooling must be easy for you. You can teach the twins …

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