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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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And we're… off! Sorta. Kinda. Getting there.
I declared to my kids a few days ago that our official first day of homeschooling would be next Monday, but somehow today got to be the day. All summer, we’ve been coasting. My daughter has been so into her camps, and my son has been into practicing magic. Neither had any interest in studying…
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Back to homeschool
I’m writing an article for Growing Up in Santa Cruz‘s September issue about what “back to homeschool” means to local homeschooling families, but I didn’t have space to include my own thoughts on that. So here they are…. Back to homeschool means realizing that summer is almost over and we still haven’t had a single…
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On a cold and dreary day…
OK, here’s what I want to know: Who stole my summer and when are they going to give it back? As I mentioned in my last post, we go to the Cabrillo Festival every single year. And I remember many festivals, many afternoons of trying to stay out of the sun, getting to wear a…
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Cabrillo Festival offers more than just the avant garde
I was inspired to write more on a topic from last week’s Santa Cruz Parent newsletter (if you’re in Santa Cruz, you’re a parent, and you don’t get it, you should — sign up here). It was a small feature about the Cabrillo Music Festival, which is a great local gem. I am a big…
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Math stories
NOTE: This post has been updated by a new, consolidated post and list of Math Stories which you can find here. Homeschoolers are constantly sending out information about cool resources they found, great projects that inspired their children, and new curriculum they’re trying. I try to keep up on it all, but a lot of…