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Our schooling very recently hasn’t looked like the schooling that we usually do. Although I got close to scrapping it all and saying that we had missed over a week of school, I realized that I just needed to embrace what we had done, and not what we hadn’t done.
Though we did sit down just [...]
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I can’t take credit for this idea. It was all my 9 year old daughter’s doing. But, it’s turned out to be a wonderfully fun educational tool!
We gave our daughter an old digital camera on her 8th birthday last year, and from there, it’s been pure creativity! Picture Plays was born out that creativity.
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In our homeschool, I try to incorporate hands-on projects at several different points in the learning process. We do hands-on projects:
to learn new material
review new and old materials
as a form of assessment.
One of my favorite hands-on projects are child-created board games. Not only is the whole process of making the game educational, the game itself serves [...]
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A favorite school activity in my house is making cookies. Baking and cooking are a wonderful way to demonstrate several lessons.
following directions
science
math, more specifically fractions
home economics
reading skills for younger children
kitchen safety
importance of washing hands and cleanliness
organization
On today’s baking menu: chocolate chip cookies
Today’s helper: Alyssa, my preschooler.
Letter of the day: C
Math extension: counting and [...]
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It’s that time of year — the winter doldrums, also known as “homeschool mom burnout.” I’ve definitely had a case of burnout this year and have spoken to many other homeschool moms who are experiencing the symptoms themselves. So what to do about it? Here are my five favorite tips:
1. Do a group project. [...]
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