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Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance for teens is the homeschool course Lindsey loves to hate. Or more accurately, it seems to be the course she hates to love. About the Foundations in Personal Finance program: This course includes 14+ hours of instructional video on DVD, plus one student workbook. If you have more than [...]
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 [...]
Kathryn is my little astronomer, and one of her requests this school year was to learn more about it! 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, as [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday was Lindsey’s “Worley-versary!“ We celebrated with dinner out. It’s still strange how long ago that feels, yet it’s only been three years. I’ve been whittling down the number of apps I use, and with all the Instagram drama this week, I almost deleted my account. I didn’t — at least for now — but [...]
Crafting with my favorite little elf, and sick days later in the week: one is obviously more fun than the other, but we can accommodate for both because of this blessedly relaxed and flexible home-educating life of ours. In my life this week… We were *thisclose* to being featured in the local news as a [...]
With all the holiday happenings, plus my grandmother’s passing on Thanksgiving day, I’m just beginning to get my head back on straight — so this post is probably a bit more disjointed than usual. I got on a SUPER house cleaning spree earlier this week — partly because it’s therapeutic for me, and partly because [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve hosted the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival, but I’m delighted to do so again! Ever end up teaching your kids a subject you never imagined you’d teach? {Funny how that happens in homeschooling, huh?} Angela at Joyous Lessons is doing just that: “Change of Plans: German!” Another post at Joyous [...]
Seems like nearly every photo in this post is a blurry iPhone pic. That bothers me — but it is what it is. Sorry! A presidential election is a darn good educational conversation topic. From discussing a candidate’s stance on specific topics, to how voting and the electoral college works, to learning about proposed amendments [...]
I ran across a living math curriculum a couple of months ago when looking for business math for Lindsey. It was too young for Lindsey, but I had a feeling Kathryn would like it. I didn’t even make a big deal when it came in the mail — I just set it on my desk [...]
During our recent vacation at the beach, I read Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gotto. Eye-opening stuff. I could write a whole series of posts on this book. I was one of the kids who did well in school; on the honor roll and all that. But that really just means I was good [...]
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