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Home Schooling 101: Strategies for Successful Home Schooling
I want to start by getting something out in the open. You might be laughing when you read this, but I think it is actually a really important truth about home schooling. Because at one point or...
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Home Schooling 101: Creating Your Own Adventure Club
My love of adventure started when I was a little girl because my dad had the amazing ability to turn everything into an adventure. If we had a few rainy days, we were on storm watch. And he’d drive us...
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Home Schooling 101: Creating a Learning Culture In Your Home
I’ve decided to start a series here called Home Schooling 101. My goal with this series is to share my thoughts and ideas in response to the many questions I get about home schooling. I’ll also be...
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Home Schooling 101: Creating A Book Club For Kids
The Beginnings When I was a little girl, I longed for a book club of my own. I had read about them in books. My mom wasn’t a part of one, and out of all the other ladies and girls in my circle, there...
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Home Schooling 101: The Early Years
“Do you have any suggestions for our kinder year?” “What books should we be reading?” “How much math should we be doing?” “What should our days look like?” “Is that all there is in Year 0?” “What...
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Inspiring Your Reluctant Nature Journaler
It’s time for another Home Schooling 101 post! This time I am tackling how to inspire your reluctant nature journaler. If you are in a hurry, you can skip straight down to the how-to section near the...
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Poetry 101: Why Teaching Poetry Matters
///This is the first post in a series about teaching poetry. Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing reasons why we need to teach poetry to our kids, offering lesson ideas to help you...
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Ma and Pa Modern Adventures: waterfalls, frogs, and salamanders, oh my!
We love waterfall hikes. In fact, they rank among our most favorite kinds of hikes. Southern California is notoriously dry, and has been even more than usual for the past few years. However, there are...
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For the Love of Audio Books
“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one is with another who shares the same books.”Katherine Mansfield I love the way listening to audio books brings all my kids together. Yesterday they spent...
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