I listened to a podcast months ago about “schooling backwards” and I can’t stop thinking about it. I wish I could remember whose podcast it was as I would love to go back and listen to it again. It really
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Join a Coop…Or Not? When I first started homeschooling I didn’t know anyone who was homeschooling and I think a few friends, and certainly most of my family, thought I was a little nuts. As I slowly entered the homeschool
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Technology. We see it everywhere. We are part of it. It is everywhere. I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I love access to information in a second and jumping on the computer and finishing whatever I needed to do in
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What happens when writer decides to homeschool? She starts looking into creative ways to help her children master their math skills. With a 3rd grader and a 5th grader, I know my days teaching them math are numbered. So in
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Homeschooling ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. When I first decided to homeschool, I picture cozy cuddle sessions on the couch with my two angels reading Shakespeare, or lazy days in the garden picking veggies and communing with nature.
Read moreWhy I’m Proud to Be a Helicopter Mom
Helicopter Mom, Helicopter Mom, Helicopter Mom. Get me a t-shirt and I will wear it. I have been told by some people that I am a helicopter mom. And while I can see where this might be a negative, I
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Why do we homeschool? Jean: Nada and I did a periscope today and we were asked why we homeschool. I thought this was a great question and I get it more frequently than you would think. I don’t mind
Read moreEducation and Travel (Italy) – Part 7
Education in Italy So we have not have much formal education during our eleven days in Italy, but that is OK. We reviewed materials on our way to Italy, learned Latin Root Words and practiced some Italian on the airplane
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Venice We are off again to Venice, our last stop in Italy. We took a taxi from the B&B to the train station (about one hour from B&B in Sorrento), then took the train to Bologna and a connecting train
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Amalfi Coast, Positano, Pompeii From our B&B we took a tour to the Amalfi Coast, which included Positano. We arranged this a tour through the B&B. This was a great tour. They picked us up at the hotel and the
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