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As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated.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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The day froggie visited our house…a story of busy hands
Weird things can happen when you bring your kids to browse at the Educational Resource Center. My daughter has always been interested in biology, so it’s no surprise when she picks up a biology-related activity. But my son, although he loves nature, gravitates toward the cold-blooded sciences when given his choice: computers, physics, computers, books,…
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The homeschooling conference, day 3
The great thing about a conference in your field is that it fills your head with ideas about The Thing You Do. In the past, the only conferences I went to were writing conferences, and I loved them. I’d get all stoked about writing,teaching writing, and ideas, and I’d discover new writers to read, and…
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Day 2: The homeschool conference
I’m at the Homeschool Association of California (HSC) Conference in Sacramento. Today I decided to go to Awakening Inquiry by Jon Young. I saw him yesterday and was intrigued by his ideas, but I didn’t feel like he made a connection between the ideas he was talking about and homeschooling. Today he started his talk…
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Notes from the conference
Today is the first day of the Homeschool Association of California (HSC) Conference in Sacramento. I’ll be writing something like a trip report for the next few days, with my thoughts about the conference, homeschooling, and perhaps getting away from the kids. Lots of people bring their kids to this conference. It’s such a nice…
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Homeschooling role models
In the line of succession for New Yorkers, I’m second. It’s not bad being second — my husband reads fast. My mom is third, and she has to depend on me to read the darn things and then get them to her in order. My brother apparently gets the dregs from her. I’m guessing for…