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Homeschooling

When it’s time to change…

September 2, 2010

Here in the world of cyberspace, people often delineate friendships that are IRL (in real life) and friendships that are formed online (y’know, internet friends). In Jan 2008, two internet friends that had never even met IRL launched an online ministry to serve an ever growing group that was close to their hearts– the homeschooling [...]

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Carnival of homeschooling – August 31, 2010

August 31, 2010

Welcome to the August 31, 2010 edition of carnival of homeschooling. Nadene presents Maths Mini Office for Middle & Senior Students, saying, “Senior and middle school maths information for your minioffice.” Katherine presents Ego Enhancement, saying, “How bad is the average kid when strangers see a group of well behaved children, they automatically ask, “Do [...]

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We are giving away Rosetta Stone!

January 22, 2010

Yesterday over at Heart of the Matter we announced our partnership with Rosetta Stone and the new Homeschool Language Trip. Now we would like to give you the opportunity to win a Rosetta Stone language software of your choice! Too bad I can’t enter. But YOU can! Surround your family with language. By taking them [...]

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Kids just don’t understand about money…

November 3, 2009

“Mom, can you buy me a watch like this?” “Mom, I want a four-wheeler for my birthday.” “Mom! You never buy us anything!” Am I the only one who hears things like this around the house? Please say it isn’t so. I really was so frustrated with the thought processes our boys had concerning money [...]

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What is co-schooling?

October 28, 2009

I heard this term a while back when my sister was debating on whether or not to homeschool her kids. She is currently in college pursuing her degree in elementary education and wasn’t very confident that she could pull off homeschooling and college. Her concerns prompted us to do some research and that is when [...]

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Our decision to not homeschool two of our boys…

August 20, 2009

A few people have emailed me asking when we stopped homeschooling the two younger boys and why and so I thought I’d just lay it all out here. Those who emailed were very supportive but simply inquisitive since homeschooling seems to be an all or nothing method. I see it a bit differently. I realize [...]

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The old teacher hat is coming back out…

July 2, 2009

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time getting Gevan ready to start school back up on August 17th. It is his seventh grade year already. I’ve been extremely excited about how well he is doing with reading but I gotta tell you, the math is giving me ulcers. We basically had to start teaching [...]

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Creative ways to teach history to your children…

June 30, 2009

Our family has become quite accustomed to building our own books. We do a loose combination of all of the popular forms of booking: lapbooking, scrapbooking, notebooking, altered booking, etc. We have actually simply started calling it “heartbooking©” since our style fits none of these exclusively and because we base the foundation of our education [...]

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Creative Homeschooling

June 22, 2009

Heads up: education can get boring if you don’t get a little creative with it. We would do our selves a favor and serve our children well by making it fun and enticing. I could quote you all kinds of statistics and give you links to a thesis or two based entirely on what works [...]

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Lessons, design, and other fun stuff!

April 7, 2009

I am completely excited about the April Edition of the magazine over at Heart of the Matter Online. I’ve been taking some additional lessons in design layout and let’s just say I’ve used this as homework! Please go check out the flipbook version and let me know what you think! While you are there you [...]