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I received my acknowledgment letter from the state and most of the resources I wanted at least for the first semester. I have a field trip planned which I am very excited about. I made each of the children a little slate on the back of a clipboard to practice on. The children just got new pencil boxes and a pile of supplies which has had quite a motivating effect as they yearn to use their brand new crayons, paints, scissors and other supplies. Now I just need time to do something other tha

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Homeschooling and house selling

What I am admiring today online:The Wall of Awesomehttp://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/03/garagesale.htmlI know what it is like to own 3000 books. I posted pictures of some of my bookshelves here:http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/06/23/the-organized-homeschool/When people mention they have 4000 or 5000 or more books, I am very curious about how they store them? Share pictures please! Karen??Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:31 AM in » Books, Movies, Television, Homeschooling Academics |

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If only every kid had a chance to get this. Melissa says homeschooling is particularly appealing in New York City, with its competitive school admissions. “For most people with kids in school, there’s a sense of feeling trapped,” she explains. “You sort of get on the private school train…and once you’re there, you don’t feel like you have a lot of options. You pay a lot of money to be there, and you’re supposed to be really grateful that you’re there. So the perspective of ‘There is something

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Read Alouds 2009:Amazon.com WidgetsTuesday, January 27, 2009 9:56 AM in » Books, Movies, Television, Homeschooling Academics | Post a CommentName (required)E-mail (will not be published) (required)WebsiteComments for this post will be closed on 16 February 2009.

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Our Read Aloud: Stuart Little

So in the interests of attaining cultural literacy, the boys and I watched Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure tonight. Yes, possibly one of the stupidest movies of the ’80s, but still fairly entertaining. Afterwards: Me (thinking this would be a fine opportunity for the boys to show off some of their homeschooled history whizkidishness): “So if you guys could go back in time and pick anyone you wanted to bring to the present with you, who would it be?” Fisher: “Besides Baron von Richthofen

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Historically speaking, or my kids in a nutshell

8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School I could have especially used #1. (Although the first recommended book didn’t help me at my age.) 8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/8-essential-skills-they-didn-t-teach-you-in-school.aspx Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:26 AM in » Books, Movies, Television, Homeschooling Academics, Inspiration

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8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School

I scream, You scream, We all scream for…free stuff. Right? Scholastic is unabashedly for the traditional K-12 crowd, but I have been known to sneak over to their website every week from time to time to steal some inside-info. Instead of keeping that goodness all to myself, I thought I would be magnanimous and share it with all you homeschoolers this time around. So head over to Scholastic’s “Free Stuff” page for September/October, and get in on the free sites, contests, and giveaways that norma

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Free Educational Goodness