Why I Don’t Plan Crafts For My Child
On a recent visit to my parents’ home, my mom asked me to go through some of my childhood things she still had. Among them were crafts from elementary school. I wish I had thought to take …
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On a recent visit to my parents’ home, my mom asked me to go through some of my childhood things she still had. Among them were crafts from elementary school. I wish I had thought to take …
I realized we were relaxed homeschoolers around the beginning of Caroline’s second grade year. Prior to that, I struggled to answer the question of what kind of homeschoolers we were. This was …
So we’re on my favorite learning subject – history. So far I’ve done almost no formal history with Caroline because she has been taking those classes at our homeschool co-op. …
My approach to science in our relaxed homeschooling family has been very relaxed. My philosophy is that all children really need in early elementary is exposure to science topics and to develop a …
Since I’ve already written at length about how we ended up as relaxed homeschoolers in my series intro and language arts post, I’m going to jump right into explaining our relaxed …
I almost feel like it is dishonest to say how I teach language arts because I sometimes feel like I haven’t. I have facilitated a lot of learning. If there is any area where I feel like …
One of the benefits of observing homeschoolers for many years before I was blessed with a child is that I had the opportunity to read lots of articles and blogs posts written by moms who shared their …
Although we haven’t officially finished school this year, I’ve already been thinking about next year. So far we have been semi-structured unschoolers for preschool, kindergarten and first …
David collects old road maps. I’ve always loved geography. So I think Caroline probably comes by her interest in maps and places quite honestly. She is always asking us questions about places …
Like most homeschooling moms, I’m currently in the midst of planning. For our family, I am in the middle of planning our relaxed homeschooling kindergarten year. After doing a lot of research …