My friend Jessica recently launched her site, We Free School, which focuses exclusively on free and low cost homeschool resources. She really got me thinking about the habits we may form as homeschooling parents, and caused me to engage in some self reflection about how I could be more intentional. More specifically, paying more attention … Continue reading How to Homeschool for FREE (with or without a Printer)
A blog post explaining the differences between Classical, Charlotte Mason, Unschooling, TJED, Socratic, and other approaches to homeschooling.
Last year, my son noticed something about the Studies Weekly papers that he completed each week. (In case you're new to this blog, Studies Weekly papers are a brand of curriculum that meets most or all of the California State Standards for Science & Social Studies, which we use for our work samples for our … Continue reading Homeschooling with Timelines: Covering History, Science & Music
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com We are deep into trickster tales over here. "Trickster tale, in oral traditions worldwide, a story featuring a protagonist (often an anthropomorphized animal) who has magical powers and who is characterized as a compendium of opposites." "Trickster tales are used to entertain and often to teach lessons about how to behave … Continue reading Trickster Tales
Photo by Egor Kamelev on Pexels.com Sometimes, when we have our eyes on the goals we have set out on the macro level: this academic year, this semester, this month, this grade level, etc. we lose sight of the smaller victories. We (and I mean me) can lose a grasp on how to overcome the … Continue reading Small Victories
