February 2009

A few months ago I wrote about our oldest son and his new swim class. Our 8 week class ended last week. On Wednesday he approached the Swim Team Coach and expressed his interest in joining the team. One of the questions he was asked was “What school do you go to?”, to which he [...]

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My four year old daughter has a favorite morning pasttime. Almost every morning, she requests one thing — “Can I send Daddy a message?” What she really wants is to use my cell phone (with a Qwerty keyboard) to write to her Dad at work. I used to tell her no, or perhaps even begrudgingly [...]

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If you have daughters ages 7 – 11, I highly recommend the series of books Rachel Yoder. Written by Wanda E. Brunstetter, Rachel Yoder starts out the series as a 9 year old, who has a constant barrage of trouble following her. No matter what Rachel seems to do, there is “always trouble somewhere”. The [...]

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Surviving Curriculum Fairs

by Kris on February 25, 2009 · 4 comments

Can you smell it? The smell of stacks upon stacks of new books? It’s homeschool convention time! I love those months in spring and on into summer when curriculum fairs are in full swing. However, if you’ve never been to a homeschool convention, they can be overwhelming. So, how do you survive a curriculum fair [...]

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At my blog, Many Little Blessings, I like to share links that I have enjoyed from around the web each week. I decided that I would like to occassionally share homeschooling links that I think are really great here at The Homeschool Classroom. Know what prompted that thought? Pizza! Yummy, warm, delicious pizza. Oh, and [...]

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You Know You’re A Homeschool Mom When… You get to change more than diapers, you get to change their minds. When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she’s okay, you round up some scotch tape to capture some blood and look at it under the microscope! see here You find dead animals and [...]

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