question and answer

Today, I’m asking you, the wonderful readers of The Homeschool Classroom, a question that has really vexed me for a while now: What do you do when homeschooling doesn’t look like you imagined it would look? This isn’t to say that I need our schooling to look just like I imagined it would be when [...]

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I know that some people school on a year round basis, so this question may not apply to you.  (Sorry!)  But, for those that tend to do their schooling on a more traditional school calendar: Have you started planning your curriculum for next year?  If so, are you anticipating any changes?  If not, when do [...]

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We’re about to replace a laptop at our house, and have decided that the kids can have the laptop that we’re replacing.  We realized that this is going to get us to the point where we’ll have one working computer for each person that we have in our house. This made me curious about how [...]

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Once you dive into the homeschooling world, it doesn’t take long to hear the praises of and almost obsession with the classics.  I admit I have a love/hate relationship with them myself. Here is a small sample of the various lists of The Classics: Timeless Classics Great Book Lists Modern Library Top 100 Novels Classics [...]

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As homeschoolers, most of us can’t just go to the store to peruse the curriculum or resources that we want to use.  Most of us have to rely on online listings, paper catalogs, checking out what friends are using, or waiting for conventions and curriculum fairs.  One of the most helpful things, I always think, [...]

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With the weather getting cooler, trees losing their leaves, and the calendar getting closer to winter (at least for our Northern Hemisphere readers), we move closer to having to spend more time indoors.  As homeschoolers, it can be easy to feel cooped up inside once winter arrives. What do you and your children do during [...]

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