So my title may be a little tongue in cheek here, but hear me out. All the hype these days starts them earlier, teach them more and you need a specialized place to do that. Children are beginning “preschool” or “early childhood development centers” sooner than ever before. This supposedly accelerates their learning and puts…
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Purposeful Homeschooling for a Joyful Homeschooling Life Lifeschooling encourages character, connection, curiosity, and creativity Once upon a time, before I ever foresaw our beautiful homeschooling life, I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. Lots of books and summers off sounded like a good plan. More than that, I had had a series…
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Teaching Life Skills: Making Learning and Lifeschooling Count When it comes to teaching life skills, most of us were failed by the system. Ok, let’s do a short quiz today… First question: how much math do you remember from school? Oh, that’s right, you only remember addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Why do you remember…
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There have been many benefits that have come from the way that we’ve chosen to homeschool. I could talk about the relationships we have as a family, the great moments that we’ve spent learning together, and the opportunities for fun and learning that my kids have had that they would have missed out on had…
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