Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
4.24.08
My first post on the New Jersey Moms blog is up today. It's about the constant togetherness of home schooling. Go check it out and leave me a comment here or at the NJ blog.
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4.7.08
April is National Poetry Month. Follow the link to read more.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, poetry memorization is a lost discipline we should bring back into the classroom and home school. Plus, it makes a great party trick. Anyone remember how a Jabberwocky helped me out?
I ...
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3.29.08
So. Met a bunch of moms from the Christian home schooler's group last night for dinner, book-sharing, and general, friendly chat. And it was. I don't know what it is with this group, but I'm having a heck of a time getting to know these people.
It's not that they're not ...
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3.14.08
Public school.
Shudder.
My gang has never, ever set foot in a public school. We are "from the cradle" home schoolers. The closest Susan came to attending with the masses was when our Awana club met at an elementary school for a few months due to church repairs. Today we were on ...
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9.21.07
It's called BookSwim and it works like Netflix. Yeah, I know that's the beauty of the library, borrowing books, so you don't have to pay for your reading habit, but my local library sadly is not the most child-friendly place. (See this post for more. I'll not rehash it all ...
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