Why messy homeschool days still matter
Homeschool mom encouragement for messy days full of lessons, laughter, resistance, virtue, and real learning around the kitchen table.
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Teaching Beginning Writing, freeform
This year I start teaching writing again. I have taught several writing classes over a scattered 5 years from 2001-2010. I started off using the old IEW teacher training
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The Young Peacemaker review and lesson plan ideas
Review of The Young Peacemaker by Ken Sande with lesson plan ideas for Christian homeschool families teaching biblical conflict resolution.
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Classically Charlotte: Children are born persons
Charlotte Mason’s principle “Children are born persons” changes how we teach, lead, and respect our children in homeschooling and education.
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Miss Charlotte Mason, classical educator
Is Charlotte Mason classical education? Her philosophy aimed at truth, goodness, beauty, liberal learning, and a full life for every child.
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What does classical education mean?
A label is a tricky thing. Just when you decide to take on an adjective as an identity, you find people including shades of meaning that you don’t personally
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Low-Key Science, without lesson plans
At the time of this writing, I have a 9yo, 7yo, 4yo, & 2yo. As with history, I believe science in the elementary years should be geared toward awareness and
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History Without Lesson Plans for Early Elementary
I have such a hard time answering when someone asks the seemingly simple and small-talk question, “What are you using for history?” The answer feels like nothing and everything.
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Geography Without Lesson Plans
As I’ve been pondering plans and ideas for our next school year (only 8 weeks of our school calendar left!), I realized that my oldest pair are headed into
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I'm a Read-Aloud Cheater: Audio Books in the Life of a Mother
I wrote last week about how and why I use audio books in our homeschool, so I thought I’d write a little follow-up about audio books for mothers.
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Read-aloud Cop Out: Audio Books in the Homeschool
Six years ago on my previous blog, when my oldest who were 4 & 2, I wrote this: I have a secret. I can’t believe I’m making it
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Choosing Conviviality or Perpetuating a Pity Party?
Is happiness an emotion reserved for those who have an easy life? Right now I have a child who thinks happiness is a life without math fact drill pages. And,
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