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Education & Homeschooling

Come on a forest adventure with us…

May 12, 2013

Would you like to join us for a walk in the woods? Come on, it’s fun! Here’s something neat! What is it? Looks like a big bug. But there’s nobody inside… Wait, there’s more of them. Lots more! Now I remember, these are the skins of dragonfly larvae. They grow and grow in the water, [...]

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Wild Food, Wild Knowledge

May 4, 2013

There is a path we walk frequently, my girls and I. Since we moved we walk that path every week or two, stopping to play in the stream or hang over the fence and chat with the donkeys. And ever since I went on a wild food walk with a new friend, local naturalist and [...]

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A Very Good Day

April 18, 2013

Watching Project-Based Homeschooling come alive is so exciting. We spent today going through one complete cycle from inspiration, research and representation, right through to sharing with others. We let scheduled activities slide in favour of rolling with the excitement and momentum, and even as she went to bed Bea was beaming like a 1000 watt [...]

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Homeschool Writing Projects For Preschool and Early Elementary Kids

April 10, 2013

I love watching my kids get excited about writing. At 6 and 3 they’re still learning how to print their letters quickly, confidently and with ease, so we take an approach to writing that takes the pressure off the kids to produce every letter in every word themselves. The main goals at this stage are [...]

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The Hardest Part of Homeschooling

March 23, 2013

Whenever people want to discuss homeschooling with me, I often tell them that overall it’s a great fit for our family and that the hardest part is not the academics, it’s just being with my kids all the time. This is the truth; there are days when the bickering and bad moods feel smothering. But [...]

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Slow Days

March 2, 2013

I’ve been learning a whole new dimension of slow these days. I used to think I lived a slow-paced life, back when I lived in the city. I would watch my neighbours dash off with their kids in tow five (or more) mornings a week while we dawdled about in our pyjamas, reading Life of [...]

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Homeschooling While Moving House

February 18, 2013

We’ve been here for a month now. We’ve been to the recycling centre twice, to the library twice, to the post office twice, and to the learning centre several times. We’ve been invited over to someone’s house twice and have sent out our change of address email to our friends and family. In many ways [...]

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A Daily Essay

October 10, 2012

I’m reading A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille at the moment, inspired by Jamie at Steady Mom and Simple Homeschool. She’s often identified herself as being inspired by Thomas Jefferson Education (also called Leadership Education) and I was curious. I’m about halfway through the book, but so far I like it. The approach [...]

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Watercolours en plein air

October 2, 2012

We brought our watercolours with us today, to the ballet studio and then to the park afterwards. There’s been a lot of painting and drawing and glitter glue and highlighter colouring going on at home, but today was the first day we actually brought our art supplies out of the house to make art while [...]

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5 Ways to Nurture a Homeschooling Social Life

September 27, 2012

“But how will your kids be socialized if they don’t go to school?” Chances are high that you’ve either asked somebody this question or had this question directed towards you. Some folks might even fall into both groups. Socialization, it seems, is the number one fear or criticism of homeschooling held by the majority of [...]

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Homeschool Resources – Math

September 21, 2012

Ah, Math. You should know at the very beginning of this post that I am kind of math-phobic. Not all math, of course. I can wrangle numbers well enough when I’m rewriting a knitting project to change a pattern from chunky to worsted weight yarn. Or working out a fair freelancing rate, or figuring out [...]

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Homeschool Inspiration and Philosophies

September 15, 2012

One of the great things about homeschooling is that you have to decide for yourself how you want to do it. Yes, there are plenty of people out there who will be very happy to tell you the best way to educate your kids. And yes, there are a boggling array of possibilities. But in [...]

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Student Learning Plans

September 10, 2012

This week we have a meeting with our supervising teacher to go over our learning plans for the upcoming year. Because yes, even though we homeschool and our daily life looks like any other homeschooling family, Bea is technically enrolled at the local school. We learn at home through a special arrangement called Distributed Learning, [...]

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