July 2010

Perfect Timing – Life Nurturing Education Renae posts a wonderful reflection about what her desire to have some alone time really does for her after it’s all done.  (Hint: It’s not as peaceful as you might think.) Buy an eBook at 50% Off and Help Noah Get a Bike – Many Little Blessings Sorry – [...]

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Growing up in the country makes the idea of going green pretty easy for me. My grandmother preached ‘waste not, want not’ to us, so I find it easy to pass that on to my children as well. 1. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle My children are exposed from a young age on how to use our resources wisely. [...]

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“Whatever you do, find ways to read poetry. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.” ~Eve Merriam Poetry is terribly misunderstood. Most of us were introduced to complex, often incomprehensible poetry when we were in school and learned quickly to dislike it. But poetry doesn’t have to be a jungle of symbolism and [...]

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If you were to describe our homeschool in a single word, it would have to be “eclectic”. I take what I like best from different philosophies and curriculum and use them in a way that fits best for my children. The Montessori Method has always appealed to me, and from my children’s earliest days I [...]

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Having the right tools for any job, makes that job – not only possible – but easier, quicker and usually better.  This is true of my husband’s job as the breadwinner, my job as a homemaker and my job as a homeschooling teacher. Regardless of what changes in our curriculum, I’ve found that these are [...]

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Welcome to a new feature here at The Homeschool Classroom. Since so many homeschooling families have had to give up a second income to homeschool or make other financial sacrifices, I have decided to share  some deals from around the Internet once a week (or less often, depending on the deals I find).  So, if [...]

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