As September approaches, my two oldest children are reminding me to enrol them for judo. I will. They enjoy the sport, put a lot of energy into it, learn a lot of skills, and get a huge amount of exercise. The price is very reasonable for four hours a week, and the drive takes 5 […]
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Review: Upper Level Homeschool
When the spectre of high school loomed in the distance for my oldest child, I started researching how to homeschool high school. After all, planning these school years is very important. There is a lot of information out there, almost too much. I had a few second-hand high school books and bought a brand new […]
Learning Skills: Little by Little and Day by Day
I suppose it applies to life in general, but I find it applies especially to homeschooling certain subjects. You can’t get away with a marathon learning session in phonics, foreign languages, math concepts, writing skills, typing, or any skill-based learning. It just doesn’t work. Learning these sorts of skills is like eating, exercising, dieting, or […]
One of the Best Home Schooling Books: 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
At this time of year we home school moms haul out our glossy curriculum catalogues and dream. Then we order, and occasionally what we order matches the dream instead of our day-to-day reality. We make expensive curriculum mistakes because we misunderstand our educational philosophy, our own teaching style, or our children’s learning styles. We […]