Posted in deep thoughts, support, Teens and high school on Aug 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
A reader commented on my recent post about Victoria’s photography (“How are you going to teach XYZ?“) and made the excellent point that: I think the question behind the question ‘how you going to teach XYZ?’ is really ‘how are you going to teach XYZ when it is so boring nobody would *want* to learn [...]
Posted in Attachment Parenting, Book Recommendations, Children's health, College and College Prep, cooking/home ec, cool sites, Daily log, freebies, Frugal living, Gardening, geography, Green, In the news, Links, Montessori, nature, nutrition, personal, recipes, science, social studies, support, Teens and high school on Jun 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
Here’s a round-up of stuff I’ve been meaning to share… Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, and Folklore This great web site contains hundreds of stories from mythologies around the world. From Finnish folk tales to Anderson fairy tales to parables of Buddhism, there’s something for everyone. This would be great to combine with studies of countries [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, support on Apr 1st, 2011 12 Comments »
I’ve been talking to a lot of new homeschoolers lately and while there has been lots of excitement, I’ve also met up with so much fear. If you are new to homeschooling, I have something I have to tell you. There is absolutely nothing to worry about. Nothing. Do you know what you need to [...]
Posted in support on Feb 5th, 2011 23 Comments »
It’s easy to doubt yourself when you homeschool. You find out the neighborhood school kids are studying calculus in second grade. The other parents in your homeschool group brag that their kids are six grades ahead of where they should be. You read homeschool blogs where parents explain how they schedule and organize 18 children [...]
