Our week of Learning - 1st March
English: He practised the letters ‘g’ & ‘h’ in handwriting, made a poster about Pancake Day and a display about his favourite book ‘The Cat in the Hat Comes Back’ (to be presented at the Homeschooling Book Day tomorrow). Maths: Leap into Maths Yr 1 workbook - Unit 21 & 22. I’m having quite tiresome discussions in my head about the best way for us to be doing Maths. Science & Technology: Water force - recorded observations of what types of things would sink & float in wat
Boys and Pencils
Hi Laurie, I found your blog a few years back and have found both it and your website to be a tremendous help with my homeschooling venture. I have one son who is now 9 years old and has disliked writing since we started schooling. This perplexed me because I can remember writing for fun for hours when I was young and even trying to teach myself to write with my other hand. Then I read in your book Teaching the Trivium about your experience with your son and his aversion to pencils. I to
A Sunflower House
I love Sunflowers. I love gardening (not that I am very good at it). I love working with children. Combine all these and you come up with my latest project. And as of yesterday afternoon it is official. I met and received permission from the parks department
UN Bans Homeschooling & Spanking
Back as a new Mom I used to find myself spending a lot of my online time in various parenting forums . After I got the gist of the whole thing, I kind of dropped out. But today, after enduring the Jonas Brothers in 3-D , I was asked about purity rings . Oh my gawd– I have always assumed, as I know her Dad does, that my daughter will be perpetually pre-adolescent , so I hadn’t given this sort of thing any thought.
Home School Talk - Mar 02,2009
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She’s still stalling…
I know, I know — I was going to talk about all that important magazine stuff I mentioned, what is it now, two postings ago? But just really quickly: You may know (I hope you know) that I’m working on an internationally themed issue of SHM. I’m trying to interview homeschooling parents all over the world, and so far, it’s going really well. I just got a terrific interview with a homeschooling mom in England. She mentioned that the laws for homeschooling are different in Scotland than t
Methods of Homeschooling
Whether you are just thinking about starting to homeschool a young child or pulling an older child out of the school system, one of the first decisions you have to make is how you are going to do it. Some parents choose to use textbooks but there are other methods to consider. The Unit Study Approach This is a popular method that ties together several subjects (typically social studies, science, language arts and math) around a single book or topic such as trains or baseball. It is also u
What is the best internet site to homeschool my 6yr old in Australia?
Jo M asked: We are going to be travelling up the coast of Australia in a boat and I need to homeschool my daughter over the internet. How do I go about it? Learn More About Homeschooling Related…
Beautiful Catholic photography
at the website of photojournalist Gregory Shemitz. Love his close ups from the Papal Youth rally at St Joseph’s seminary in Yonkers. He took my profile photo on Facebook with my daughters. I especially appreciate his slideshow of the Traditional Mass at St Michael the Archangel SSPX Chapel in Farmingville, NY. It includes many of my homeschooling friends at prayer. script” type=”text/javascript” src=”http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?
Trivium Pursuit Sale This Week
Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn (retail price is $34) — $15 Handy English Encoder Decoder: All the Spelling and Phonics Rules You Could Ever Want to Know by Harvey Bluedorn (retail price is $15) — $7 Ancient History from Primary Sources: A Literary Timeline by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn (retail price is $30) — $18 (textbook only) Korean edition of Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style (limited qua
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