Home Educating

All Ready for Another Year of Home Educating!

July 9, 2009
Math u see primer

As Abbie will be turning 5 this year, and has recently learned to read and develop a much keener interest in exploring new topics ("Mommy, how does my body move? But I mean, what makes my muscles move my legs? But why..."), this will be our most formal year yet, although our main focus will [...]

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You Tell Me: Homeschooling Math Curriculum and Read-Alouds

April 7, 2009
Learning math

After mentioning some of the homeschool resources I'm looking for, several of you responded with suggestions in the comments. I realized just how helpful it might be to put these questions out to you a bit more formally. You ladies are always such an incredible resource for me, and I hope you know how much [...]

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Teaching handicrafts to little ones

February 23, 2009
Basket of yarn
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Learning with Preschoolers: Activities to try!

January 19, 2009
Abigail canning

Guest Post by Faith
(This is the continuation from her wonderful post last week, Learning with Preschoolers. If you haven't read it yet,  why don't you do that first? Then take a good look through this inspiring list of ways to really get involved with your preschooler in the process of learning and exploring! I [...]

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Living Simply Saturday: Simple Yet Substantial Small-Space Schooling

January 16, 2009
Lss-graphic-small
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Learning with Preschoolers

January 13, 2009
Faiths daughter abigail smells flower

Guest Post by Faith
~”I want to work with my toddler and preschooler at home, but I don’t know anything about teaching and I am not creative! What should I do?”
~“How do you keep them [preschoolers] interested but not go crazy with preparation?”

I’d like to answer these questions by looking at three areas of truth [...]

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