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Internet Holiday

Sometime in the next 24 hours we’ll lose our internet connection.  Sometime in the next week or 10 days, we’ll get it back…with a new provider.  Although I hope to have a few posts scheduled before then, I won’t be able to float around the internet commenting and visiting. So our family will have an internet holiday, which […]

Free Charlotte Mason Treasures for Your Homeschool

Charlotte Mason believed that education should “make our boys and girls rich towards God, rich towards society and rich towards themselves.” Ambleside Online (discussed here) follows Charlotte Mason’s ideals by providing children with treasures that will give them this richness.  Year 1 is my favorite Ambleside year, full of classics that appeal to all ages and […]

Blogging Break

For the first time in years, my husband will be able to take a break from his work and other responsibilities.  He will be around… and will not be preoccupied! I’m taking full advantage of this rare situation by taking a long blogging break.  Although I love blogging, I do not want to be busy […]

Homeschool Horizons: A New Canadian Magazine

This September, Canadian homeschoolers can read the very first issue of the new Homeschool Horizons: Canada’s Homeschool Encouragement Magazine.     Homeschool Horizons is being put out by Tony and Shannon Ratcliffe of Ontario.  I met Shannon through the TOS Review crew, and then, finally, in person at a conference.  She’s so bubbly and enthusiastic, just […]

Eye Exercises

Last week, when I visited my optometrist in a panic because my eyesight had been failing rapidly, she gave me some eye exercises.  Until we know why my eyes are deteriorating, we won’t know whether or not they will work, but she says they’re worth the effort. “Even for my kids?”  I asked, thinking of […]