Author: Jamie
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Choi Kwang Do and other homeschool fun!
This has been a week full of LIFE! Plenty of learning, to be sure, but a lot outside the boundaries of traditional subjects. Biggest example: we had a “staffing” about two children for another possible foster-adoption! {See Monday’s post to catch up!} Enrichment classes: The girls started back to enrichment classes this week. They’re both…
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Homeschool Astronomy Resources
Kathryn is my young astronomer, and one of her requests this school year was to learn more about the subject! Astronomy is a very unschoolish subject in our homeschool, mostly because she is interest-led enough to do it on her own. (And because she’s already learned WAY more than I know on the subject!) So,…
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Oh boy. (And girl?)
So… remember that little teaser from a few weeks back, when I alluded to being busier soon? Yeah. Time for a little more about that. A bit of background: We were approved back in late 2011 for another foster-adoption, which meant we were due to update our paperwork in late 2012. Because of some difficult…
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Back to Homeschool (+ a baby and a birthday!)
Getting back into the swing of things after a few weeks off is hard! But a comfy sofa with [new!] squishy purple pillows does help… …and so does playing with a sweet baby girl! My littlest grand-niece “Peanut” will be filling our home with her adorable smiles more often, as we’ll get to have her…
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KidCoder Computer Programming for Kids
Homeschool computer programming for kids: KidCoder is a self-study science curriculum that teaches kids to write their own computer games and programs. It’s written as an introduction to the field of computer programming for kids 4th grade and older. There is also a TeenCoder program intended for older kids (high schoolers) who already have a…