Labelling Our Children

January 11, 2011

We all do it. We see a hyper six-year-old boy who refuses to sit down quietly and decide that he MUST have  ADHD. If your  12-year-old daughter is quiet, introverted and prefers being by herself rather than spending time with friends, she must be depressed. Why must we jump the proverbial gun and assume that [...]

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5 Tips For Getting Organized

January 10, 2011

‘Organized homeschool’ is as much an oxymoron as I have ever seen. Think about it. Your children are with you 24/7 hours a day,constantly exploring, crafting, playing and learning. Your home has become their playground and because of this, keeping things in their places can be quite a challenge. For myself and many others, add-on [...]

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Sunday Link RoundUp For January 9, 2011

January 9, 2011

If you like getting math problems in your e-mail, consider subscribing to Maria’s Math News. Maria censored newsletters out about once or twice a month, filled with interesting math problems for children of varying ages. Over at the Homeschool Classroom, Tonya reviews a touching movie, Gifted Hands: the Ben Carson story. She also offers some [...]

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Friday Wrap-Up For January 7

January 7, 2011

It’s been a nice week and we are slowly picking up the pace. While I strongly support the unschooling movement, I sometimes worry that my daughters may not be getting what they really need. Or rather, I wonder whether they’re getting the basics they need to take off on their own. With that in mind, I’m [...]

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The Ultimate Reading List: 100 Books For Your Older Children To Read

January 6, 2011

I found this reading list circulating around Facebook. It has an excellent mix of old and new literature that provides people a good grounding of our Western culture. How many of these books have you read? I challenge you, and your families, to read all the books on this list. Who will be the first [...]

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Easy Origami #1

January 5, 2011

Building origami used to be one of my most passionate pastimes. The sheer possibilities of what you can do with a simple pieceof paper simply amazes me. This image to the right is the Black Forest cuckoo clock designed by Robert Lang.it is folded from a single sheet of paper with a ratio of 1 [...]

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21 Ways To Enjoy Winter

January 4, 2011

Winter is a season where life tends to slow down, and we enter a kind of pseudo-hibernation where we, too,  slow down and become more sedentary. It’s time to embrace our slow season and make the best of it. Here are 21 activity ideas, for both indoors and out, to keep your families busy. 1. [...]

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Yahtzee

January 3, 2011

Yahtzee anyone? This is one game which, as a child, I spent many hours playing. Be it with my best friends or alone, I loved to fill the boxes of the gamesheet with the best rolls possible. Now that my daughters are getting older, I am starting to introduce this game to them as a [...]

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Sunday Link Roundup For January 2

January 2, 2011

Here’s what was interesting in the homeschooling webosphere this week. Unschooling Owes Schooling Nothing -Browse. Discard if we don’t like it. Embrace what excites us. Unschooling Rule #49 -”College is the hardest no-win decision your family may ever make.” Coming Out Of The Unschooling Closet Unschooling, A Parental Perspective Unschooling Rule #26 -Schools that don’t [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone?

January 1, 2011

It’s the beginning of another wonderful year. I look forward to it, and all the activities and discoveries that it may bring. I want tobecome a better mother, a better teacher, a better person. What about you? Do you have New Year’s resolutions? Last year, I made a point of not having any New Year’s [...]

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