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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 our [...]

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Here’s a fun and interesting question for this weekend:
Do you use a “boxed” curriculum (one that you either purchase with everything needed from a company or one that you purchase an instructors guide from and you buy their required materials) or do you just piece together a little of this and a little of that [...]

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Photo credit: Frank Van Den Hurk
Although we have been homeschooling for over a decade, this is the first summer that I am taking time to just leisurely make plans for next school year. Typically I make plans each week of the school year as we go along. This was kind of an unexpected way to [...]

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By nature, I seek out other people’s ideas. I am not overly creative on my own but I am an excellent tweaker.  When I first began homeschooling, I thought this skill would benefit me.  Though it has helped me out sometimes, it has given me more stress than anything else. Why is that?  I love [...]

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I have seen this question come up many times before, but I can’t recall a time that we ever talked about it here on The Homeschool Classroom.  The question comes from Cat from [A]Typical Family:
My husband and I are prayerfully considering homeschooling our older two daughters (4th and 7th grade, one ESL/ELL).  My question [...]

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