Archive for February, 2010
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010If you’re anything like me, time management isn’t your strong point. A friend emailed me this article and I enjoyed it so much I thought I’d share it with you.
Want to know if you are a time saver or time killer? Answer these three questions:
Is your tight work schedule forcing you to forego your daily [...]
Announcing Homeschool In A Box (HIAB)
Saturday, February 27th, 2010If you’ve visited the site lately, you may have noticed a new link hanging around in the navigation menu. It’s not active yet, but it will be soon…I am pleased to announce that this site is being taken to a whole new level!
In a bid to make home education as accessible and low-cost as possible, [...]
Has Spring Sprung?
Saturday, February 27th, 2010The weather has been steadily in the above-freezing range for about a week. Cautiously, we ventured outside to be met with a wonderfully sunny day and a temperature of +8.
I relished the clean sidewalks and prayed that this wasn’t some sick twisted joke that Mother Nature is playing on us. I can see good ‘ol [...]
The World’s Best Tomato Sauce
Saturday, February 27th, 2010I can’t remember where I found it, but I discovered an AWESOME tomato Sauce that is so easy to make, you’re children could make it on their own with minor supervision when at the stove.
This sauce contains only 3 ingredients, but I have to say that this is the first tomato sauce that I really [...]
21 Sites Offering Free Homeschool Planning and Organizing Printable Forms
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Feel disorganized and are looking for some pre-made homeschool forms to organize yourself and your family? I’ve scoured the net for you to find the top sites providing free homeschool forms for you to print out.
Free Homeschool Planner and Organizer “TheHomeSchoolMom Planner is a comprehensive organizer for appointments, school assignments, lesson planning, record keeping, and family menu planning.”
Highland [...]
How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Scott Young from ScottYoung.com just posted a guest post about how we learn, over at Zen Habits.
I really related to this article because, like Scott, I never studied in school (well, except for that one history exam) and I still managed to survive pretty well. People tend to envy people who have a higher level of [...]
A Little Inspiration: Young Heroes
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Oddee has a nice and inspiring article posted yesterday titled 10 Amazing Little Heroes. It features 10 children who went beyond what any child would do, or even what most adults would do, to save someone.
It never ceases to amaze me to see what children can be capable of. We often assume that they are too young to understand [...]
You’re Not My Boss!
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Ode Magazine published an interesting article titled “You’re Not My Boss” which considers the potential harm of bossing a child around vs. allowing the child to make his own decisions.
Children should never, really never, be forced to do something against their will. That’s the starting point of a curious movement of parents who think that [...]
A Kid, A Camera, A Mom Who Isn’t Looking
Monday, February 15th, 2010I had to laugh when I saw this post earlier-on today since I had just loaded the pictures from my small point and shoot camera not even 20 minutes earlier to find these:
…must be some sort of unschooling right of passage…
Then later on, as I was doing some work on my other site, [...]
An interview About Unschooling
Monday, February 15th, 2010These sisters created an excellent video-interview about the topic of unschooling and how one of the sisters sees unschooling and how it affects her life.
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