3 Tips for the First Day of School
Today is our first day back to school. We’re easing into our school year this term, but the first day back requires even more ease and grace. The first
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3 tools for a peaceful homeschool day
It’s one thing to buy the books and supples, to make a plan, to create a chart and quite another to actually pull it off in a typical day.
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Summer is a time for habit building.
[pullquote align=”center”]We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. [/pullquote] In episode 8 of the Scholé Sisters podcast Brandy and I
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How this school year will make the next better.
There’s something about that last month of lessons – no matter when that last month is. The paper piles seem higher. The dust and bits seem to multiply from the
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Do a homeschool brain dump.
Our school year is over and I know many of you are also winding up. There’s something about the last month of lessons – no matter when that last month
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Our 3 Year History Cycle & the books that make it work
History should never be boring. History is the study of people – and people always have stories. Stories of individuals, stories of battles, stories of cultures, stories of legends – history is
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How We Homeschool Grammar
Grammar and diagramming is not something that has always come easily for me. I remember 7th or 8th grade when diagramming was introduced in my Bob Jones Language Arts workbook.
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Review Game: Hangman
Like I said last week, review is necessary, but so many methods for review have problems. Some review is just regurgitating the information or going over the same material again.
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Review Quiz: Make it a fun & simple game!
End-of-chapter quizzes. Fill-in-the-blank comprehension questions. Tests. We don’t do them. But the seventh law in The Seven Laws of Teaching states that “no time is wasted which is spent
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Cleaning House While Homeschooling
Cleaning and I have a complicated relationship. I am naturally a Messie. I can easily cultivate my oblivion to the state of my house as well as my disdain for
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What's your homeschool personality?
Your homeschool needs your personality, and your homeschool has a personality. When we understand homeschool personality, we can be more content and happy in our roles at home. Whether or
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Lesson Plans for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
We’re in the midst of studying Julius Caesar this year. The boys are happy to be doing a play that has nothing to do with marriage or love, but
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