October 2008

Time-off

by Angie on October 31, 2008 · 3 comments

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a terribly disorganized person (I think I’ve mentioned this here before, too). Whatever gene it is that gets people in a tizzy over day planners and storage bins and orderly desks, I just don’t have it. Not that I haven’t tried, I do! I have multiple calendars and [...]

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Do you remember years ago, when you were in elementary school, and you had to do the Fitness Challenge? Oh my, I still have nightmares when I see a rope hanging from a ceiling, and my palms sweat just at the mention of a flexed arm hang. I rocked at the jump rope though. Interestingly [...]

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Around the World Day is an idea that I got from the book, Hands-on Geography and an event that our homeschool group has enjoyed for the last five years. It’s a geography fair in which each participating family represents a different country. It’s easy to plan your own. Each family should prepare a display containing [...]

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I think that many parents get caught up in all of the latest and greatest book releases for sharing with their children. And, I know that when my kids were in public school, most of the books that they had read to them in the library (as well as many in the classroom) had been [...]

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I really enjoy history. Historical novels, documentaries, biographies – I just eat it up. So you can imagine how much fun I have in teaching history to my children. I particularly enjoy using timelines in our school, in fact I have a book of time just for me. Timelines can be such a simple tool [...]

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Welcome to The Homeschool Classroom and to our Bloggy Giveaway! If this is your first visit to the Classroom, let me share something about us and what we do. If you already know us, feel free to skip over this part. The Homeschool Classroom is made up of a group of homeschooling Moms who are [...]

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