Tag: homeschooling
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Unschooled kid vs. standardized test
As is probably obvious based on the fact I’ve been doing it for a dozen years, I’m a fan of homeschooling. I’m confident in the fact it works and doesn’t have to look at all like traditional school. This far into the journey, I rarely have doubts because there have been more times than I…
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Our {relaxed} homeschool plans for 2017
My venture into blogging began the same year I started homeschooling, and every year I’ve posted about our plans for the school year. Some years we’ve stuck to the plan pretty closely. Other years, we’ve veered off as things change during the course of the year. I’ve learned either way is okay, as long as…
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How I’m keeping math fun
When Kathryn was little, she loved to find math fact problems in everyday life. Especially on digital clocks. For instance, 2:46 was 2 + 4 = 6, and so on. She loved the patterns (still does) and the logic (still does) but liked math itself less as time went on. As my firstborn and first…
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Life lately: May highlights
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen May is the month of an explosion of hydrangeas in my backyard. I have pink, purple, and blue — and they make me all kinds of happy! happenings & homeschooling Sea turtle season has kicked off, and…
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Interest-led nature study on the coast
Y’all. I had big plans this year for nature study. We were going to do Barb’s awesome outdoor hour challenges like I did back when Kathryn was little. We were all going to have nature journals and update them regularly. We’d even incorporate art lessons with our nature journals. It would be Elementary Nature Study…