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Homeschooling

At the end of the day.

January 23, 2012

What’s happening in the Sierra’s? Mom: I have had 2 interviews thus far with 3 more to go for an awesome job opportunity in the Homeschooling field. I would love to share more but if I get it you’ll be the first to know. I am no longer the Board President for our preschool co-op [...]

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On the fence…

November 14, 2011

I’m on the fence with homeschooling this week more then ever before. I spend so much of my time disciplining my son for this thing and that thing that we rarely ever have fun with school. I am beginning to dread the time we have to take for Math and Phonics, but he and I [...]

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Today’s musings.

November 8, 2011

My mother-in-law had the kids over night last night, which was a wonderful surprise. Fireman and I had a potluck to go to with our bible study, and it’s always fun not to have to get an extra plate or have to cut up meat. Instead we were relaxed and let everyone else attend to [...]

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Homeschooling the Classical way.

October 10, 2011

Here at our house J, my 6 year old is in his first year of Classical Conversations. Classical Conversations is based on the classical approach to learning combined with a biblical worldview. The classical model divides learning into three stages: 1) the grammar stage which is the introduction of memorizing facts, 2) the dialectic stage [...]

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Student Photo 2011-2012

August 14, 2011

  We have not started school yet, but here are the students with mom and dad in the happiest place on earth…Disneyland.

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Our Classical Curriculum

August 3, 2011

  Thank you Heat of the Matter for this blog hop. It will help focus me in our final weeks of summer. J is my main “student” starting 1st grade this year and L is still in Preschool, however instead of putting her in our normal co-op she’ll be home with me. I loved using [...]

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So you think you want to homeschool?

July 20, 2011

I am by no means an expert in Homeschooling, but I do have some insights that I have gleaned along the way. Know you child’s learning style is currently because it will come in when your deciding on curriculum. Try not to Google, Homeschool, you’ll just end up with so many searches it will make [...]

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Mother’s Journal, Summer Edition

June 24, 2011

In my life this week… I have had a blessed week full of great learning but its been coupled with the fact that I have not seen my husband for the past week, except the 4 hours it took to drive him to Sacramento (2.5 hrs). I left last Thursday to attend a Classical Conversations [...]

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Drinking from a fire hydrant.

June 17, 2011

I am at a 3 day Practicum for Classical Conversations, and there is no way to fully explain all that I want to today so I’ll give you the highlights. The Practicum is entitled Improving Your Vision. I am a contracted Tutor for this fall’s Foundations class, and I am in the middle of 9 [...]

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The Homeschool Mothers Journal

March 17, 2011

In my life this week… Nursing! I found myself nursing my babies to health all week long. Normally my kids are healthy, so healthy that I forget how horrible sickness can be. My youngest came down with the sickness last Wednesday, and my son got sick on Saturday. It starts with a cough followed by [...]

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