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Multi-Aged Tips: First Day of the Month

Now that I’m officially homeschooling two and have three more that are sort of ‘tagging’ along, I’ve been making major revisions and evaluating my previous schedule to try and include more of my children in more of the activities. Mind you, it’s not that I feel my younger three need to homeschool. . .but they really want to do something more formal than what we’ve been doing and so a compromise of sorts has been born. One aspect of this new ‘compromised’ schedule is the first day of the month. The first day of every month, I’ve decided to set … Continue reading →

I Just Threw Away $200

Learn from my mistake. I might has well have wadded up ten $20 bills and placed them in the trash. I will admit, it was painful. So I’m sharing it here so that those of you who are newer to this can heed the advice of a ‘veteran’ (I’m not sure I have kids old enough such that I could be considered a ‘veteran’ yet. . .) A few years ago when I was looking for something to help teach my daughter French, (clearly before I had a well thought out plan) I took the advice of one solitary friend … Continue reading →

Educational Moments

Today I am going to discuss what I call educational moments. Educational moments are when something happens, whether it be big or small, and you use the event or experience to educate you child/ren. While I have noticed homeschoolers taking advantage of educational moments more often than non-homeschoolers, they can happen to anyone, anywhere. The trick of an educational moment is not to necessarily look for them, but to be open to learning experiences every moment of every day. As I’ve already said, educational moments can be big or small. When my niece was hit by an SUV, the educational … Continue reading →

When Your Child Won’t Do the Work

What is a parent to do when they are attempting to homeschool a child that pushes back? In the particular case I am referencing, the child is truly happy that he or she is being homeschooled, but does everything in his or her power to avoid the work. They repeatedly ask the parents for days off, and want to be involved with everything going on in the home even when they are supposed to be working. There are several possible issues at hand: The child could need a break, especially if they are recently liberated from a regular traditional school. … Continue reading →

Mixed-up Methods

With all my talk about Charlotte Mason recently, readers are surely thinking, “Wow, she’s a confirmed Charlotte Mason-ite. Clearly, that’s her method. She sure loves Charlotte. Yessirree, no doubt about it. That Karen is a CM-er.” Well, yes. No. Maybe. Well, part of the time. But, then there’s our classical side. And our unschooling days. And sometimes, now and then, a workbook-y type of thing going on. And there you have our homeschool in a nutshell. I’m a pendulum, swinging back and forth between various methods and ideas. I try a bit of this, throw in a little of that. … Continue reading →

The Sunday Evening Review–December 17

We have been busy here in the homeschooling blog, and despite the upcoming holidays, we have been writing up a storm. Here’s this week’s Sunday Evening Review–in case you’ve missed something. Last week Andrea started what I hope will be a regular feature: the vocabulary word of the day. This week she shares four new words with us: syncretism, autodidact, extreme and mediocrity. Not sure how to use one of those in a sentence? Then you must check out the blog!! In Homeschoolers Control Their Children’s Environment, Andrea shares with us some things that we as parents can “control” such … Continue reading →