Helping You Turn Your Homeschool Challenges into Your Homeschool Charms
I’ve always been resistant to answering the question, what curriculum do you use? because though I do use curriculum, I don’t think there is one right book or one right way to tackling any subject. I don’t think in grades or meeting regional learning outcomes, so I don’t assume there is one right curriculum to…
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How to find quiet when you’re the perpetual homeschool mother hen? I’ve got a few tips.
Read MoreAs I sip this non-fat decaf cappuccino (also known as flavoured water) and attempt eating just HALF of this delectable haystack, I relish in listening to the ukulele sextet playing outside my coffee shop booth. Possibly there is nothing more reminiscent of palm trees and margaritas, hammocks, and luaus, than a ukulele strumming Aloha ‘Oe. Yup, right…
Read MorePrescribed reading lists for kids…Yep, I do them. I require them to read particular books that I deem valuable, that I hope they will remember as part of their childhood memories, and begin to introduce good literature to their little minds. I’ve gone back and forth on this idea, because when left to their own…
Read MoreIf you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means paint… and that voice will be silenced. Vincent Van Gogh Thank you Van Gogh. I had heard the same emphasis last weekend at a writer’s conference. How can I declare that I’m a writer? People want books, published…
Read MoreBelieve it or not, I didn’t really read till I was seventeen. Oh yes, I remember the assignments that I was supposed to read: grade 11 it was Ghandi. That’s a long book. I watched the movie….actually, that’s a long movie too, so I watched parts of the movie. In grade 12, I was to…
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