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Home Education

Why Saxon Math Works For My 12 Year Old

January 19, 2010 Home Education
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The 3 books.  Textbook, Tests and Worksheets, Solutions Manual.
Hey there Mamas.  Wanna talk math?
Oh, well.  Let’s do it anyway : )  This will just take a minute.
Consistency?  Hmmm.  Not really.
As I have mentioned before, I have tried many, many different curriculum over the last 9 years.  And the only thing I have remained consistent on [...]

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4 Reasons I Love This Year’s HomeSchool Curriculum – Sonlight

January 3, 2010 Home Education
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We have been homeschooling for about 9 years.  What that means is when our first daughter (now 12) was 3, I was researching and buying curriculum.  Now today, I would just tell a mama that had a 3 year old to relax,  have fun and read about other homeschoolers in your spare time.  Don’t get [...]

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Legos of Downtown Oklahoma City

December 21, 2009 Home Education
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I suppose since I have a 6 year old son, I am slightly tuned into the Lego world. Lego construction is most definitely his favorite activity.  He is still only marginally interested in reading, but I know something deep down is going on, some kind of brain-synapse-thing, with these legos.  That is why I put [...]

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Our School Room At Home

October 29, 2009 Home Education
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On this wall, we have some nice white boards (dry erase markers always in a safe with a Ft. Knox lock)  Just kidding!  And on the left, that is a genealogy for Jesus.  I love charts and timelines.
Homeschoolers LOVE to see how and where other homeschoolers do school.  We want details.  EXACTLY where do your [...]

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Notes For The History Challenged

August 30, 2009 Home Education
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I Never Liked History In School
It consisted of memorizing meaningless dates and reading boring textbooks.  “Who cared,” I thought.  Nor do I remember a history teacher that brought it to life.  (Thank goodness I married a college history major)
But for a week last fall and also, this summer, my two daughters, 11 & 8, and [...]

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Math For The Uninspired Child

August 14, 2009 Home Education
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I am going to do an experiment.  It is with one of my children.  Scary?  Oh, not really.  After, I guess I would say, 8 years of homeschooling, I have now seen (and read many, many testimonials) that whether you do formal, regimented school at home or not, the children are going to learn.  Period.  [...]

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$What I Bought….$ Part 2

May 8, 2009 Home Education
Cleopatra

The lunch/snack area at the Homeschool Convention.
Hi guys!  Are you ready for Part 2?  If you missed Part 1 of “What I Bought at the Homeschool Conference,”  check it out here.
The next thing I found, or should I say Meg, my 8 year old daughter found, was these handwriting books:

We were ready to purchase a [...]

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$What I Bought At The Homeschool Conference$ Part 1

May 6, 2009 Home Education
English From The Root Up

People filing out of the keynote speech into the vendor area.
I just got back from one of my two favorite yearly weekends away. The Annual Homeschool Conference. It is always the first weekend in May. All day Friday and Saturday at the downtown Cox Convention Center Arena. We spend the night [...]

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Science: Easy and Fun

April 27, 2009 Home Education
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Pink Perfection Tulip
Ok.  We are here today to decrease homeschool stress  Alright?  Are you with me?
I Have Some Questions For You
Are you trying to teach your children science out of a curriculum, a workbook, something off the computer?  What I’m really asking is, are you regularly, say daily or weekly, trying to fit science into [...]

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Elementary Necessities

April 8, 2009 Home Education
Emma and Meg at their cookie stand

Ohhh, school is not going so well today.  Let’s just make cookies instead.
I’m really not sure what kind of homeschooling Mom I would call myself. Definitely not structured. Maybe a little eclectic. Maybe a little classical. Maybe a little Charlotte Mason. Maybe a little unschooling. But then it also [...]

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Home Education, Interested?

March 23, 2009 Home Education
Emma doing school at her desk

Emma, 11, at her desk which shares a room with the baby changing table near the laundry room.
Well, my, my.  This is quite the subject.  I’m just going to talk about a few things I say to people who tell me they have been thinking about homeschooling, but really don’t see how they could ever [...]

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