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Category Archives: homeschooling
Again, Morning Time
I haven’t been blogging for a while because, well, I just haven’t had that much to say. But I am finding myself, as I am listening to podcasts, wishing that I could join in with the podcast conversation, too. No … Continue reading
February Frivolity
February seems to be the month where, if school is going to go off the rails, it is going to be this month. I don’t know why but this month always seems to be home for discouragement, depression and disillusionment … Continue reading
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A New School Year
We have started our 12th year of home educating our children. 12 years! Just give me a moment as I revel in that number. 12! Wow! Who’d a thunk it? Okay, I’m back. So we started our new school year … Continue reading
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The Liberal Arts Tradition–Classical Education is Not Just About The Intellect
I am reading The Liberal Arts Tradition by Kevin Clark and Ravi Jain for a second time and I am really glad that I am. As what usually happens with second reads, I am seeing it in a different light. … Continue reading
Another Morning Time Post
I talk a lot about Morning Time. I think this blog could solely be about Morning Time because I love it’s existence in our home school; it is the anchor to our day. I would be just as happy to … Continue reading
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A Quiet Day
I had such a lovely day yesterday. The girls were at their friends for the weekend, the boy squirreled himself down in the basement doing whatever boys do in basements and I was able to prepare for this week’s school … Continue reading
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A Do-Over
When we first set out on the homeschooling path, I bounced back and forth between the various educational philosophies that are offered to us homeschool moms. I dabbled in them all: Montessori, Waldorf, Thomas Jefferson Education, Unschooling and Charlotte Mason, … Continue reading
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Differences in Perspective
We have a busy week ahead of us. Emma attends a bible study group and their leader is moving away next year so the kids have decided to lead the group by themselves. The current leader is teaching them how … Continue reading
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Playing With Essays
I had hoped to introduce essays to Emma during her Grade 10 year; technically it is still her Gr. 10 year but we don’t have too much of it left. I have decided to smoosh as many essays as I … Continue reading
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Thinking Ahead
The snow is gone (for now,) the birds are twittering, the air is warmer and the frogs are croaking, you know what that means, don’t you? Time to think of school for next year. When I first started homeschooling, for … Continue reading
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Rooted in Deep 