Avant Parenting Archives
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Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives
As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…
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More math stories
NOTE: This post has been updated by a new, consolidated post and list of Math Stories which you can find here. I wrote a blog a while back about math stories, then turned it into an article, which ran in the California Homeschooler magazine. I’ve gotten a lot of great comments on this article. (Aside:…
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Screentime revisited
Longtime readers of my blog know that I am not a convert to the belief that unlimited screentime is fine for kids. There are plenty of homeschoolers who do, in fact, believe this, and they have their arguments. In this case, I will respectfully agree to disagree. I had no opinions about kids and TV,…
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Superman running in a race to nowhere
I think it’s indicative of our times that there are two films about education making the rounds of theaters right now. Everyone seems to know that there’s a problem. Many people are sure they have the answer. The places where we disagree are are simply these: What is the problem? What is the solution? OK,…
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Accidental favorites
If homeschoolers were living up to our name, you might think we spend a lot of time at home. However, the opposite usually ends up being true. We are out and about, going to clubs and classes, our homeschool program, and on fieldtrips. This results in a lot of time for my kids to argue…
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Teaching programming to children
Kids tend to become interested in programming through being consumers. So it’s likely that if your child expresses interest in programming, it will be such activities as making app’s for the iPod or becoming a computer game programmer. The problem is, those are not really attainable as first goals, and trying to attain them too…