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The folks at Secular Homeschool wrote to inquire about adding Mental multivitamin to the new site’s list of resources, and there we are now, on the list of secular homeschool blogs . Secular Homeschool will be a home base for discovering articles about secular homeschooling, sharing blog posts about your experiences, finding like-minded friends, and discussing what is on your mind. Secularhomeschool.com aims to be your one-stop shop for all things homeschool! We will be highlight

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Honored, I’m sure

While there are several things we have done and do for language arts in our shrinking little homeschool (next fall I shall have only two students. The last time I had only two students was, my dears, 16 years ago. How strange it feels), the two constants have been good books and required narrations. I’ve blogged about narration before (a couple examples here and here ), oh, and here as well, and now Tim’s Mom at Bona Vita Rusticanda is sharing some great notes she took from a recent Char

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The Power of Narration

1. Enough with the lack of snow. 2. Not much causes me to be conflicted. 3. I’ve been craving broccoli and bowties. 4. Tim Hawkins makes me laugh. 5

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Friday Fill-Ins

1. Fewer clothes. We save a lot of money on clothes and shoes. The children would need more of both if they were in school. After all, no one says, “Didn’t you wear that outfit on Monday?” And we need not be slaves to fashion: The kids wear what looks right and fits well; fads be durned.2. Health. The children have been (*knock on wood*) exceptionally healthy, and I attribute that to the time they don’t spend in classrooms or school buildings.3. No artificial peer group. The kids have spent the

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Five hidden benefits of homeschooling

Today’s a work day for me (sigh). I’ll miss you today, blogland. It gets COLD when you sit for 8 hours and type. My gloves keep my hands warm and my fingers free to speed along the keyboard. This morning I’ll sit down at my work desk with a lot of thoughts on my mind. As Joseph’s graduation from our homeschool nears, how will we define whether or not we’ve been successful? Will Joseph feel his education was a success?

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Success

You know, life is like a long long path and you’re walking along that path to reach your destiny. Destiny is shaped and molded by oneself while walking along that path of life. As usual, your walk will not be one long road that has one beginning and one type of ending. It can be easily deviated by a small turning you decide to take in that path. Sometimes bumpy, sometimes winding, sometimes you feel like you’re flying instead of walking..As most of you know, I decided to home school after my PMR

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Sweeties.