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The NEA now supports homosexual marriage AND abortion. On top of it all, the outgoing general council throws all conservatives in the union under the bus. My children (who are, have I mentioned it? homeschooled) will not be learning about the glories of gay sex, nor about the splendor of slaughtering children as part of their curriculum. I plan on making sure of many such gaps in their education, as well as granting them exposure to un-state-approved counter narratives about the goods of mar

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Stop by the Pumpkin Patch for a weekly Mr. Linky to posts on homeschool workboxes –and add your own if you like.

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NEW YORK – Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that’s what they want to do.* *Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its “rubber rooms” — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years,

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It’s that time again when I need to turn in a report to Grace’s school about what she’s been learning this month. I thought I’d write a bit about what Trent is doing as well. Watercolor painting of Ulba Bulba, inspired by the book Trent’s work : Creating : Trent has recently discovered that he loves to color. He has declared his bedroom to be his “office”, and his “job” is coloring. He loves it when I print Hedgie the Hedgehog pictures off the Jan Brett website. Stories, rhym

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Home School Report for March

. . .it is so very, very good. I feel like I second-guess , gripe , and bitch about our decision to homeschool a bit much, so I thought I’d post a glimpse of how life goes when things are “working” ( even though, like bragging about a baby who is sleeping well, I am sure to incite the wrath of the gods who will screw with my upcoming days) . The main thing that is happening is that we are getting things done . My cardinal rule for getting things done is STAY HOME IN THE MORNING.

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When Homeschooling is Good. . .

Recently in North Carolina, a mother homeschooling her children was ordered to enroll them in public school . This despite the fact, acknowledged by everyone involved, that they’re flourishing and are two grades ahead of their peers. Why? Because she’s apparently teaching her children creationism rather than evolution. The article doesn’t make clear whether she’s teaching them young-earth creationism or old-earth (or even theistic evolution, which is labeled as “creationism” by atheists). But e

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Creationism and Child Custody

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

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Our week of Learning – 1st March

My first grader recently asked me how “spelling class” was done when *I* was a kid. I explained how I wrote with a “stick” on a “clay tablet,” and once my answers were written “in stone,” then they were graded and that. was. that. Okay. Minus the clay tablet and plus a red pen. But it got me to thinking about “right answers” and “wrong answers” and “test scores” and “what the heck is a good education all about anyway?” (I promise. This is not a public school versus homeschool debate.)

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Learning From Our M-I-S-T-A-K-E-S

Do you ever get sick and tired of cleaning up the house? After all it will only get messy in minutes or hours anyway.Well, a new study reported in The Economist shows that disorder leads to more disorder and crime.AHI reports on the story and it is fascinating.When the researchers had graffiti on the nearby wall, petty crime and littering increased dramatically. I suspect this study can also be applied to homeschooling. Although you can be too over the top in having a spotless home, an organi

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Order vs Disorder

January 28, 2009 · Filed under Life Expansions Tagged Homeschooling, Life Expansions Even though I’d never give my life for anything related to math, and even though we don’t call what we do in our house “homeschooling,” the Carnival of Homeschooling is a great place to read about living and learning. Here’s my list of posts from this week’s carnival that will make you think:The Great Industrialists: Heroes or Villains?Parents with PurposeHomeschooling Moms need to be educated too5 Thin

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