Category: homeschool
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Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival
Welcome to the May 11, 2010 edition of The Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! This is my first time hosting since I relocated from my Rose Cottage blog, so welcome, folks! I have my steaming hot cup of tea in hand, so I’ll wait right here while you grab your beverage of choice, and then let’s…
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Nature Study – Dogs
One of our favorite nature studies ever was this one, Outdoor Hour Challenge #51: Wolf, Fox, and Dog. We watched part of a PBS show called In The Valley of the Wolves. It does have some graphic parts, but Kathryn didn’t seem disturbed by it. I’m always conflicted on those parts, and never can decide…
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Encouragement Along the Way
Tuesday night, we had our last monthly meeting of the year for our homeschool support group. This time, instead of our usual meeting, we celebrated with a celebratory tea! Michelle and Kim and the rest of the moms who set all this up must have put a great deal of time and energy into it!…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: the home stretch
Somewhere along the way this year, we got behind schedule. There is no way we’re going to make it eight more weeks of doing what we’re doing (without somebody — like me — going bananas), and we have an out-of-state wedding to shoot at the end of May, so I’ve decided to double-up on what…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Children Around the World
We’re traveling (virtually) in Asia now, in our “Children Around the World” program from WinterPromise. The girls’ travel notebooks and passports are getting quite full! After Asia, we have Oceania/Pacific Islands, and then we are done. That will still take about seven or so more weeks. This week in our geography study, Kathryn labeled the…