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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, [...]
Homeschooling is Not Expensive!
Monday, February 8th, 2010One of the greatest misconceptions of homeschooling is that it is expensive. I have read it in many publications, as well as many places on the web, that a person needs to budget hundreds of dollars per child per year in order to give each a proper education.
I understand where this mindset comes from; we [...]
Heart of the Matter Online Conference Registration is Open!
Friday, February 5th, 2010Does the mid-winter funk have you feeling down and wondering what the heck you’re doing homeschooling your children? Can’t remember why you started doing this in the first place? Heart of the Matter, has just started accepting registrations for it’s biannual Online Homeschooling Conference for February 22-24. The list of speakers and topics [...]
This Week’s Carnival of Homeschooling…
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is up and running! Hosted at As for My House, this week’s topic is What Matters Most.
Some of my favorite posts:
The Consequences of Saying Yes
Is College Worth the Cost?
Fraud in a Homeschool Group
20 Questions to Ask Kids
Carnival of Homeschooling for Jan 26
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010The January 26 edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is now up and active. This week’s host is Corn and Oil where they present The Carnival of Homeschooling for Those Considering Homeschooling. Lots of great posts in there, especially if you want some basic information about homeschooling.
Carnival of Homeschooling
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is up and running at Homeschool Dad. Some great posts are featured, so please go over and check it out to support our fellow-homeschoolers!
21 Ways For Your Children To Help Haitian Earthquake Victims
Saturday, January 16th, 2010I don’t think anyone is unaware of the horrible events that have left over 50 000 Haitians dead, and rising. Time to show the world what kids can accomplish…especially homeschooled kids!
Pray
No one can really deny the power of prayer. Since at least the dawn of recorded history, and regardless of what your personal religious beliefs [...]
This Week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is Now Available!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling is being hosted by Katherine over at No Fighting, No Biting. She takes us on a lovely tour of Maine, where she summers with her family.
40 Free Field Trip Ideas
Monday, October 5th, 2009One of the most awesome things about homeschooling is that you have the freedom to schedule field trips whenever you want! You can take advantage of ’school-hours’ to go out when it’s less crowded to take advantage of free field-trip opportunities in the community around you. Of course, not all these ideas might apply to your family, [...]
Annual NOT Back to School Picnic
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Yesterday was HLSA’s annual ‘NOT Back to School Picnic!’ A fun time was had by everyone as families came together to chat about plans for the months ahead and to give their children a chance to play and explore in Edmonton’s River Valley. I have the full intention of signing up for membership with them [...]
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