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Will You Share About Your Day?
When we first began home educating back in 2000 I was very interested in hearing how other women ran their home schools. I wanted to know all the details. Did they keep a schedule? Did they use chore charts and curriculum? Did they say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning? ...
One Roast Vegetable - Your Business Breakthrough
Have you been thinking about starting your own business? Been saving up these past year for a business but you're just not sure how to start it? Or are you just looking for a career change? NOW is your chance to learn everything you can about starting your own business. One...
Making Pancake/Waffle Syrup at Home
One new thing I have just started trying is making my own pancake syrup. I found the following recipe from Jonnie McCoy’s book: Miserly Moms Living Well on Less in a Tough Economy. 2 cups sugar 1 Cup water 1 tsp mapel extract (bought this at Meijer’s). Bring the water and sugar...
Freezer Cooking Exchange Time!
Time for a freezer cooking exchange! Date: December 4th, 2009 Time: 4:00 Place: My home in Fern Creek ( I can email specifics) To sign up: EMAIL ME: russellhome@gmail.com- and include what meal you are bringing. Here are the Q’s and A’s of the event so far. How BIG should my meal...
Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites Review
Enjoy my review of this new Once-A-Month Cooking Book from Mimi Wilson and Mary Beth Lagerborg....
E-Book: Dreams and Designs - Homemade Supplies to Complement Your Homeschool
Ready to start the new school year but itching for new ideas on how to make your homeschooling another fun and great experience? With this new e-book from The Old Schoolhouse, you can spice up everything with some regular household items. It only takes a spark of low-cost creativity and...
Pass The Torch
Marco Island, Florida, isn’t well-known for shelling, but we must have come just at the right time this winter. We arrived just after a storm and found plentiful shells along the beach each day, especially toward the south end of the island, near the rocks. We walked each day on...
Vacation Meals – Kids as Cooks, Part II
The second meal our kids cooked for us required a little help, which Uncle Bill gladly provided. Cajun shrimp with Parmesan asparagus. YUM! “You cut the asparagus where it naturally breaks…” And here Craig is dicing apples for his signature apple/Cool Whip/Snickers salad (which, of course, isn’t salad at all:) How...
Vacation Meals – Kids as Cooks!
During this winter’s Florida vacation, we decided it was time for the kids to start cooking some of our meals. We tend to eat pretty well on vacation because we stay in a condo and have access to a full kitchen. Why not teach the kids about cooking...
Over Christmas we vacationed on Marco Island, Florida. I wish I could trade below-zero days for 70-degree days more often! We enjoyed walks on the beach, sunsets, and climbing on the rocks at the south end of the beach. Believe it or not, this is the moon over the Gulf at about 6...
Setting Resolutions with Your Kids
If you’re looking for inspiration for setting New Year’s Resolutions with your kids, check out my Positively Speaking column this month. There may be a way to get everyone in on the goal-setting! Happy New Year! Would you like Pass the Torch updates? Just sign up for them via email or...
Originally published October 2008. My friend Genny is hosting a thoughtful project this month, based on a book she read entitled, One Month to Live. Although I certainly won’t know when my 30 day clock will begin, it’s an interesting prospect to consider how I’d use my time. In high school...
Throwing Marshmallows
I should have known better than to end a post saying I will “continue this tomorrow.” It is a sure indicator that life will have different ideas and I will not, in fact, continue this tomorrow. Turns out that this past week wound up being more hectic than I could have...
One of the things that I have been struggling with for awhile now is that I always felt like I never had “enough time,” yet when I looked at what I was spending my time on, most of it was spent on things that I enjoy and was choosing to...
I have had this picture as the wallpaper on my computer for quite some time now. I took it a couple of years ago in Ocean City: Sandpipers are one of my favorite water birds. They scurry around, running from and chasing the waves, looking for food before the next wave...
Ocean City Maryland - December 2006 A day or so after my “epiphany,” I was reading one of my blogs (for the life of me I can’t remember which one) and she mentioned reading a book about living more simply. I knew immediately that this was exactly where I needed to...
Ocean City, Maryland - September 2007 It has been an interesting couple of weeks for me. Shortly after Christmas, I had an awakening of sorts. One of those things that only happens when you get so completely and utterly overwhelmed that you just finally let go. You let go of trying...
A Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Christmas 2009 The presents have been opened and a nice relaxed (and not too-early!) morning has been spent. Lego creations have been started. Rubber band guns have been fired. Jason is engrossed in his new Order of the Stick comic books. Kyle is talking on the phone with a friend. Christmas...
Sandra Dodd's Blogs
November 10-12, Albuquerque Three-day Goof-around Gathering of Unschoolers...
If you have an object, a tune, a plant, a photo of a place, a piece of art, or something you've wondered about......
The anima gallery blog and webpage are in preparation. Please check back!...
Sandra's Unschooling Symposium in Santa Fe...
in which Sandra Dodd follows the lead of others in trying to identify by name 100 local plantsYIKES!...
Thinking Sticks: Playing with Ideas
Natural learning is about making connections, in history, philosophy, belief and practice. Help me tie in music, art, science, geography, patterns, religion, animals, minerals or vegetables. This is unschooling practice and strewing practice, except that it's as real as anything. Scatter it out and rearrange it!...
Eclectic Education - Homeschool Blogger
Winter can be a difficult time in homeschool. Christmas has come and gone and so has the break that comes with it. Summer is still a LONG way off and so is spring, but around this time, itching for spring can start. Kids are stuck inside more and everyone is...
Getting Your Homeschool Organized in the New Year
Awww... New Year's, the time to set new goals for yourself. I like so many others out there, am setting new goals for myself and for our homeschool. I want to be more organized in the next year. My life is really busy. Besides homeschooling (and of course taking care...
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Wow! Time is going so fast. I can't believe it is almost December!!! I don't know about you, but I usually start adding Christmas into our homeschool right after Thanksgiving is over. I am hoping to do an interactive notebook this year of Christmas Around the World, but I will...
I just wanted to let you all know about a a neat project some of my friends are doing on eHow. Several of them are going to be sending a doll around the country and taking the doll to different landmarks and places in their community. They will be taking...
Ugh! I've had a rough month! My 2 sons came down with the Swine Flu on Oct. 7th and I followed on Oct. 8th. My kids are doing ok. I am still fighting to get well. That is why I haven't written at all for so long. I've been...
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Dear parents of Internet geeks
Hi. You probably don’t know me from a hole in the ground, but I might know one of your kids. See, I’m on the internet a lot. Like, all day a lot. Oh no, I’m not a creepy horrible addicted junkie, I SWEAR! Wait! Come back! Erm, let me explain this better…...
Before I forget it all and the family gets sick of hearing me re-tell it, I have to take the time to write down all the little tiny parts of my trip. Other than waiting in airports, it went fast. NYC is go go go all the time. So we sat...
So that one time I went to New York..
It boggled my mind. I was in full-blown ADD-mode most of the time. Which can be good, and can be not good. I’m just doing a brain dump now & hopefully get some actual posts written about each “scene”. - fabulous, amazing, awesome, wonderful, grateful, sharing, collaboration, all are fitting adjectives -...
A list: - meet old friends - meet new friends - shake a lot of hands - give out a lot of hugs - use hand sanitizer - remember to get my picture taken with a whole pile of different people, tho not all at once. (Lisa, Adria, Brian, Rebecca, Jane, Stephan, Andrew, Jason, Jim, Boone,...
Every so often I poke fun at myself. Where, I wail, where can you find another woman, close enough to my age, with a kid somewhat near one of mine, who also: - unschools - is crafty - is crunchy in the AP sense (meaning, breastfed, gentle parenting etc..) - is a low-key Christian...
Since Sarah is off to college and has a thousand tales to tell, one of the reasons to move this domain to a multi-blog platform was to give her space under this umbrella. The college years She squeezed out an intro post between school, homework and work. So there ya go. Personally, I...
Moms Inspire Learning
More Books to Add to Your Chinese New Year List, Part 2
Here are some additional picture books relating to Chinese New Year, which will provide you and your child with plenty of opportunities to make comparisons with other children's books and connect the dots with so many other subjects: The Runaway......
More Books to Add to Your Chinese New Year List
I'm still in the process of sorting through some of the many picture books relating to Chinese New Year. I can't possibly look at them all because there are so many, so I thought I'd just give you the heads-up......
Jim Trelease was right. Librarians can learn a lot from book store employees. But, as I learned this weekend, the lesson is not only about how to display books in an appealing way. After Monday's post, I didn't want people......
The Case for Not "Judging a Book by its Cover"
I was in the Barnes & Noble on Broadway and 82nd Street in Manhattan on Sunday, and I was happy to find it bustling with activity! People of all ages were there enjoying books, either by themselves or with family......
Nonfiction Monday: Celebrating Chinese New Year
It's once again Nonfiction Monday, and today I'm kicking off a series about Chinese New Year! Here at Moms Inspire Learning, we love to celebrate and learn about other cultures through picture books. Since the Chinese New Year starts on......
The One Book We All Should Read
When I read the first few pages of this book, I got excited. REALLY excited. With every passing word, it seemed as if this author was reading my mind! It was like my thoughts were there for all to see,......
Homeschool Journal Dot Net
Cade and I are beginning a unit on the Pioneers. We signed up in January to do the online Westward Ho project and have been reading up on the trials and tribulations that faced the American pioneers. This week’s assignments were to establish our pioneer identities and purchase supplies for our...
KarateKid absorbs knowledge on his schedule, not anyone else’s, and certainly never on mine! He has a wonderful mind but picks & chooses what he’s interested in at any given time. Most of the time, this isn’t a problem for me, but we’ve chosen a very straight-forward, chunked-knowledge math curriculum...
7 Quick Takes ~1~ I’ve spend the whole week “putting out fires” at Children’s Hospital. From the way this is going you’d think nobody with schizophrenia had never needed surgery before. I like the way the kid’s pediatrician put it… “If M was injured while skiing or something and needed his hip...
One of the major downsides to our international experience is the fact that families come and go. They rarely stay for long and there are constant goodbyes. The kids have all had close friends move away and it’s been a hard lesson for them to learn. David has a...
We went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house twice this week, once to help celebrate Grandpa’s 80th birthday and then again to bring him our sweet garage cat for a birthday present. Mama Cat moved herself and her kittens into our garage last summer. She was so wild she’d flash to the...
Still surrounded by boxes. Still sleeping in sleeping bags piled on the floor. Still moving furniture from over here to over there (and a little more to the left, please). Still asking on an hourly basis “Have you seen my (hairbrush, shoes, pencil, bread knife, this, that, the other thing)?” And yet, amongst the...
Ren Allen's Blogs
Patti and Ren are two professionals with extensive backgrounds in fashion and makeup application. Education is what we're all about! From personal wardrobe styling to makeup classes and applications, we're here for you....
Autodidactic Radical Gathering of Homeschoolers
Secular in nature, ARGH (Autodidactic Radical Gathering of Homeschoolers) is a gathering by and for unschoolers of all ages which takes place in the Tri-Cities Tennessee region of the U.S. This organic event relies on the participants to create the activities, making every event completely unique. Connecting with others interested in...
Makeup artistry and images by Ren Allen...
A place for my "tribe"...people interested in the possibility of building an intentional community for unschoolers and those that support the unschooling philosophy....
State Of Franklin Homeschoolers
This blog is all about the State Of Franklin Homeschooling group, by and for all its members. It is a place for posting about anything related to SOFH, individual member's own homeschooling experiences, personal anecdotes, pictures, etc....
This is my place. A place to sort out thoughts and learning and views about the world. A place for inspiration and rants. A place where anything and everything is up for discussion. Pour a cuppa, pull up a comfy chair and stay a while!...
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The Annotated AliceCoralineMary PoppinsThe Golden CompassMary Poppins Comes BackThe Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-PoohA Christmas Carol...
New MoonEclipseFeedThomas Jefferson: Author of AmericaThe Age of American UnreasonLetter to a Christian NationDeer Hunting with JesusThe Origin of SpeciesBroca's BrainThe Portable AtheistThe ChristMisquoting JesusJesus, InterruptedThe Boy In the Striped PajamasThe Catcher in the RyeWhatever Happened to Penny Candy?The Secret Life of BeesThe End of FaithThe Demon-Haunted WorldAnimal, Vegetable, MiracleParenting...
The Edge posits its annual question, How Is The Internet Changing the Way You Think?I read this question on someone else's blog, though I cannot for the life of me now remember whose. I thought it was interesting and began composing an answer in my head and planning a...
Okay, got that out of my system.Tapestry of Grace is off and we will now return you to our regularly, loosely-scheduled programming. I still think Tapestry is a solid curriculum and very handy, but I prefer to use the books I have selected and collected over the years for...
Back in the Northern Hemisphere...
...but not quite back to the books yet.We're still settling in at the new house(s). I'm supposed to picking paint colors right now as the crew will be here bright and early to begin slathering the walls of the vacant house with color. Jorge should know better. ...
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Robin's Blog
Homeschool Warning and Blog Contest
I am at Blissdom Conference with other mom bloggers. While I’m gone I leave you with this audio and a contest. This 27 minute audio includes what I feel is the most important advice I could share with Christian homeschoolers. Click Here to Download Homeschool Danger Audio THREE WILL WIN! I will...
I make hundreds of little decisions a day, and many times I get them wrong. These are the things I don’t want exposed – things I prefer never to admit. But I must be open about how I have failed, because only then can God forgive me, cleanse me and...
I will be attending the Blissdom conference Feb 4-6 in Nashville. I made this Blissdom pocket planner for the Blissdom ladies. You can easily folded into quarters and slipped into a jeans pocket. Extra space is provided for your personal notes....
My Top 10 Blogging Tips for Beginners
My best top blogging tips and recommended blogging resources....
The 9 Paradoxes Concerning Christ
The very life and ministry of Jesus Christ was itself a divine paradox....
Do yourself a favor, the next time you go to a ladies fellowship (church, Blissdom, etc) leave your mask at home. We wear masks because we want people to accept and like us. We wear many different masks, not only to make ourselves look good, but often motivated by a sincere...
Notes From A Homeschooling Mom
Preparing to take the CLEP History 1 Exam
You may remember that we are planning to take a CLEP approach to homeschool high school. Originally, I started working with my 15 year old son, who passed the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Exam, and before long my 13 year old wanted in on the fun. We are now getting...
Carnival of Educators 14th Edition Short but Powerful
Welcome to the February 2, 2010 edition of carnival of educators. This is the 14th edition and we are still growing. If you would like give a go at hosting, please contact ahermitt@gmail.com. Meanwhile, we prefer to keep the carnival short and powerful as opposed to long and laden down...
Carnival of Educators, Nary a List in Sight Edition
Hopefully spammers are learning that they won't get their posts included in the Carnival of Educators, with this last awesome edition. In includes insightful and humorous tidbits from teachers and educators... as was intended when the carnival of educators was created. A big thank you goes out to...
Educational Website Review: Verbalearn.com
I recently had the opportunity to review verbalearn.com, both the free program and the paid Verbalearn Plus program. I will start by telling you I like it. Verbalearn.com is a website that helps students improve their vocabulary by focusing on words they don't know. In it's simplest version Verbalearn allows you...
Carnival of Educators - Spam Free Edition, January 12, 2010
Carnival of educators archives | submit post Welcome to the January 12, 2010 edition of carnival of educators. This blog is a few hours late, but it was important to get it right. It is called the Spam Free Edition, because it is just that... free from spam. You will find no 100 best college...
Canival of Educators: New Beginnings Edition is up
Carnival of Educators: New Beginnings Edition is Posted at Minds in Bloom. There are many helpful articles and musings for you to enjoy. The next carnival will be right here at Notes from a homeschooling mom. Let me know if you can volunteer to host it on your...
The Homeschool Jungle
Do I Need a Formal Science Program?
This year we went without a formal science program. My son was getting burned out on science and because he would be entering high school soon, I wanted to teach him how to do lab reports. This brought the joy back to science. I used forms found here. We checked...
Free Olympic Teaching Resources
Hop on over to this site for free Olympic Games, teaching printables!...
The Five Essentials of Homeschooling Success
1. Read and learn as much about home schooling as possible. Check your local library for home school books. Even some books that look out of date may provide you with ideas and encouragement. My favorite books for families new to home schooling are For The Children’s Sake, The Well...
An Easy Start to Homeschooling
One way to start Home Schooling with very little stress is to cover as many subjects using workbooks ……even if this is not how you really want to do homeschooling. Wait…keep reading…hear me out. Little by little replace each workbook with a curriculum you would like to try. If that curriculum doesn’t...
Is Homeschooling Better Than Public School?
Public school is like a cafeteria. You walk up and you chose from what is on the menu. The food in the cafeteria isn’t bad and sometimes it’s even good, just like public school isn’t all bad or all good. You get to choose from all the activities and learning...
Here’s a site with Homeschool Freebies….Check out today’s freebie! The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (MP3 audio) – Today’s resource is this fine interpretation of one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s best “Little House” books, “The Long Winter”. This Ingalls family is quite different than the one you saw on TV,...
News & Commentary
I had missed this story from back in January. It comes from Stories From School, Practice meets Policy Several years ago my principal and I spent a lunch hour on a home visit to see one of my students. He had been absent for a week, after telling us that he...
South Lakeland mums fight home school changes
From Lancaster And Morecambe Citizen we learn about the controversial Government proposals to monitor home educators: If the bill is passed, home educators will be forced to join a register, and Cumbria County Council children’s services will have the right to enter their home to ensure they are providing quality education....
When Should Students Graduate… And Who Should Decide?
Homeschoolers have assumed the responsibility for this decision for years: The requirements for a diploma have varied over time. What has not changed, however, is the public need to feel confident that graduation from high school represents a real achievement. But what that achievement encompasses and when students are ready to graduate...
A New Basis for U.S. Asylum Claims: Homeschooling
TIME picks up the Romeike asylum case: The ruling is sure to ignite passions on both sides of the debate — and may spur other parents around the world to follow the Romeikes’ lead. If this happens, the U.S. could see a flood of a new type of refugees —educational asylum...
Alaska Bill Tries to Kill High School Exit Exam
As educational reform moves forward we see more reality based actions in the states: A high school exit exam is keeping hundreds of Alaska students from earning diplomas and jobs for which they’re otherwise qualified, proponents of repealing the test told a state Senate committee Friday. Educators and parents from around the...
Online schools siphon area districts’ funding
This article from Wenatchee WA about school funding uses the term ‘homeschool’ very loosely. The enrollment war is troublesome for districts trying to plan their yearly budgets. Methow Valley School District started the year with a $60,000 deficit because 15 homeschool families unexpectedly transferred out, said Superintendent Mark Wenzel. The school...