From the category archives:

Homeschooling

The Hook: 1/25/11

January 25, 2011

My husband recently purchased what must be his fifth copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress by  John Bunyan. I have read the book many times, too; we read it every year in elementary  school. Clara is nearly five, so we should probably read it to her sometime soon. And I  think these coloring sheets will be a [...]

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New Year

January 21, 2011

Yes, I took a nearly four month break. On purpose. No, not really on purpose. I’m just relieved I dropped the blog and not something else like the daily care of my children. So why the break? For one thing… School started! Clara and I have been schooling at home. We’ve only been using one [...]

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Next School Year Will Be Classic

April 2, 2010

    Classical, actually. We visited our local Classical Conversations group a couple of weeks back. Clara had tons of fun. We didn't realize that one of her ballet friends attends the weekly class, and her ballet teacher tutors a class, as well. I had no idea that they did CC, and I was happy to see some [...]

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Homeschooling: Make A Plan

January 14, 2010

"Organizing is what you do before you do something,  so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."      A.A. Milne We’re halfway through our first year of what I call schooling at home, although it’s much more like play than school. But that’s fine with me. My goal this year [...]

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Glorious Butter and Other Things

August 30, 2009

  What a gorgeous day. I went to church with my family this morning. I usually don’t get to hear the whole sermon because of my baby, Mercie, so it’s nice to listen online at some point during the week.    And tomorrow we start our homeschooling preschool with Clara. In reality we are always teaching [...]

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