Category: Homeschooling
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Report from the conference, day 1
One year ago, I had a terribly disappointing experience. I had proposed a few workshops at the HSC Homeschooling Conference in Sacramento, and the one they accepted was a writing workshop for teens. This was going way back into my past as a college English teacher, and I was looking forward to it. I frankly…
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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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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…
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A ledger for peace
I’m not much at finance. I’m good at math, and very organized, so you’d think I’d do OK at bookkeeping. But on the contrary: I hate bookkeeping and it hates me. I do the bare minimum required for my business and force myself monthly to balance our home accounts. When I’m a penny off, I…