August 2008

When we first started homeschooling our oldest daughter in kindergarten (she is now a sophomore) I decided that our “school” would be run much like our experiences with public and private school settings. We would get up, eat, change our clothes and “go to school”. I had our schedule set… we started with math from [...]

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Our lives change drastically every 3 to 4 years, its transfer season, time to find a new place to live. Most of my friends base their decisions on which units are located in the best school districts. Where is the best school to send the children? As a homeschooling family, we make our decisions based [...]

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Our Curriculum

by Angie on August 29, 2008 · 0 comments

When my husband and I decided that we were going to homeschool the first thought that came to my mind was curriculum. How in the world was I going to choose the right curriculum? What kind of curriculum, and where do I find it? I spent a good amount of time on the computer searching [...]

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If you have already read Tammy’s post this morning titled Downtown, you might want to go back and check it out again. Apparently the last three paragraphs of the posting somehow got left off of the original publishing of it. So, pop back to read it now that it has been fixed. Sorry for any [...]

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Downtown

by Past Writers on August 28, 2008 · 4 comments

Quaint, is a word you could put to the downtown area of our small city. It is especially quaint in the summer. Actually, artistic, might be a better word to use. However, prior to July of this year, I didn’t really know that. We had seen bits and pieces of it here and there. A [...]

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Over the last two weeks, I’ve shared with you some tips on writing your own unit studies. In Part One, we discussed determining your learning objectives and gathering your resources. Part Two gave you lots of suggestions on the types of activities that make learning fun. I’ve saved the easiest for last: scheduling your unit. [...]

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