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Principled Discovery is shutting down
The short version: Principled Discovery is shutting down. I, however, will continue to blog under a new title at a new domain. If you have enjoyed my postings here, please update your links and your feed readers so that you can join me at my new home on the web: Roscommon...
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The Carnival of Homeschooling is posted
Well, surprise, surprise. My blog is still here. That probably won’t last too long, but it will be back. In the meantime, please enjoy the carnival that was supposed to be hosted here over at A Very Nearly Tea. Hectic, yes. And blog issues weren’t the half of it....
The Carnival of Homeschooling moving
Well, the Carnival of Homeschooling is supposed to be hosted here, but instead, it shall be hosted over there, on my other blog. It seems while I was at our other house, cleaning and painting and watching my dad and husband fight with the plumbing, my blog was having a...
Carnival of Homeschooling seeking submissions
Please send in your posts for the next Carnival of Homeschooling which will be hosted right here at Principled Discovery! The easiest way to do so is via this link....
“I think I’ll call it Bluewall,” she tells me as we drive out to our new house to do some painting. “It’s going to be about all kinds of animals, like mice and rats and weasels and dogs and things. The hero is going to be a squirrel named Rosa.” “No...
By Sun and Candlelight
Just a few things that have been rattling around in my head (and my camera) ... Above you see our March Nature Table ... still pretty bare, but hopefully that will change over the next few weeks. For now, we......
The first tiny snowdrop, blooming on the shady side of the house......
Signs of Life ... taken by Bookworm on March 6th, 2010 It is the most glorious day here in New England. The sun is shining, the winds are calm and the temperature's been flirting with 60 degrees. The boys have......
Poetry Friday ~ The March Wind
The March wind roars Like a lion in the sky, And makes us shiver As he passes by. When winds are soft, And the days are warm and clear, Just like a gentle lamb, Then spring is here. ~ Author......
"People may not remember what you said or did, but they will always remember how you made them feel." ~ Author Unknown Isn't that a lovely quote? I just came across it in the current issue of MaryJanesFarm. :) Off......
"People may not remember what you said or did, but they will always remember how you made them feel." ~ Author Unknown Isn't that a lovely quote? I just came across it in the current issue of MaryJanesFarm. :) Off......
SpunkyHomeSchool
The Obama Takeover of Education
In his weekly radio address, President Obama said, "[O]n Monday, my administration will send to Congress our blueprint for an updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act to overhaul No Child Left Behind. What this plan recognizes is that while the federal government can play a leading role in encouraging...
Some secular homeschoolers are feeling frustrated and a bit isolated because the leading homeschool science curriculum promotes a Creationist/Biblical Worldview and "dismiss" Darwin. Two of the best-selling biology textbooks stack the deck against evolution, said some science educators who reviewed sections of the books at the request of The Associated...
When I wrote Mom's On The Computer a few weeks ago, I never thought I'd actually read an article like this. A computer-addicted couple let their real life baby starve to death while they raised a virtual daughter online, police said today.The couple spent 12 hours...
What happens when a state certified public school teacher decides to homeschool? An ego-check and a whole lot of learning.In 2006, I took the leap from public school teacher to home-school mom for my kindergarten daughter. I did what most home-school mothers do and joined a home-school...
What are we, as Christian parents, to think and more importantly do when Godly discipline turns deadly and a little child is senselessly killed at the hand of his parents desperately hoping only to "train up a child in the way he should go"?Nearly four years ago, I wrote about...
Because of our family's proximity to Dearborn, Michigan one of the largest Arab populations outside of the Middle East and my daughter's study of the Arabic language and culture, I did not find it surprising that Muslims are turning to homeschooling.Muslim parents consider homeschooling for many of the same reasons...
Katie's Homeschool Cottage
I am reviewing the Homeschool Library Builder website as part of being a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew. The Homeschool Library Builder website is an online store selling quality literature, new and used, at discount prices. This online store has benefits if you become a member. It is free...
Another Homeschool Blog Carnival
Hey, just wanted to share another Homeschool Blog Carnival with you at HomeschoolBytes. This one is the Party Edition and it is full of lots of ideas to perk up your homeschool. Filed under: 16319022 ...
It’s Convention and Curriculum Buying Time!
I have been asked to share with you the details of the curriculum sale and online convention for TOS in exchange for the opportunity to receive a complimentary registration for the TOS Homeschool Expo. If you’re looking for homeschool encouragement, resources, and fun, check out all that is going on at...
Here is an old post about Pi Day you might be interested in reading. Are you ready? It’s next Sunday 3/14. There are ideas and lists of books we have used to learn and review about Pi and geometric facts and concepts. Hope you enjoy! http://charlottemasonhomeschooling.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/celebrate-pi-day/ Filed under: Homeschooling Ideas Tagged: celebrate...
Homeschool Showcase Blog Carnival
Just wanted to let you know about another blog carnival called the Homeschool Showcase. Visit this blog carnival for more great ideas and a blog that shares information about homeschool giveaways. Check it out. Filed under: Favorite Resources ...
My family and I recently received a complimentary download of the Graphics-Toolbox software from Great Software Tools, Inc for the purpose of a review for the TOS Homeschool Crew. If you enjoy digital scrapbooking or making creative projects with graphics software, you want to check out Graphics-Toolbox software. This software...
H. E. R. P. & E. S.
We have mirrored film on our windows to reflect IR radiation. It works quite well, but there is one somewhat negative side effect. For the last 24 hours, we’ve had a male cardinal bashing itself into the windows as it attacks the other male in the mirror. ...
Lynn at Bore Me to Tears documents the sad end of the public school system in the United States. It was murdered this week in Texas. It is survived by a bastard son, Fundamental Christianism....
I’m sure y’all will be shocked(!) to learn that vaccines are still not causally related to autism. The “special vaccine court” ruled Friday that parents who alleged their children’s autism was caused by a mercury-containing preservative in childhood vaccines did not prove their cases and are not entitled to compensation. The reviews...
Trust me. It’s worth it....
PLEASE LET THEM SECEDE THIS TIME
I’m really not sure that I want to live in the same country as these “Christians.” JACKSON, MS – A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. (See...
Time to storm the Bastille D.C. If you think health care reform is ugly, just wait until Congress tries immigration reform again. The Senate has begun work on an immigration bill and at the center of this new plan is a controversial requirement for all American workers to get identification cards…...
tlc's Blogs
Celebrating and preserving Dundas Ontario's scenic and utilitarian pathways and trails for walkers and cyclists....
Dundas Independent Video Association
DIVA is a grassroots, volunteer video association based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada...
Tantrum space for people who eschew factory learning in favour of unschooling, open source learning, community based, learning without school. Open season on all things we might bump up against. This blog was started by un-schoolers at radio free school, a weekly radio show by, for, and about, home based learners....
transportation for liveable communities
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A topical information blog for residents living on or in the vicinity of Governor's Road (Hwy99) in Dundas Ontario. The focus is on traffic safety due to the construction of a new elementary school (Sir William Osler) on a stretch of highway that includes an existing elementary school (St. Bernadette's)...
Heart of the Matter Online - bridging the gap between child and parent
The sky begins to lighten, though the sun has not yet breached the horizon. I look out the window toward the chicken coop, wonder how much they care about having their coop opened up when there’s still snow on the ground, think about sinking back into the comforter and...
How the Very Organized Homeschool Mom Does It All
I bound out of bed, full of energy at 6:00 a.m. I read the next chapter in My Utmost for His Highest and the Psalms, then breeze through level 3 of Jillian’s 30-Day Shred workout DVD. I don my chic, size 6, J. Crew outfit. As I saunter into my...
A+ Job Skills for Generation Y
My teens recently toured backstage at a Broadway theater. A lead actor from the play Wicked gave this advice to aspiring young actors,”Work hard. If you can get in your mind that the world doesn’t owe you a job or money, you will be ahead in the job hunt.” He...
1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and teach my children Latin conjugations, Chinese and Portuguese, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal, and no matter what I say, they will not hear me. If I have the gift...
Steady Days: A journey toward intentional professional motherhood is artfully written by Jamie C. Martin, mother of 3 and author of the popular blog, SteadyMom.com. Steady Days is divided into forty readings, presented in short digestible chapters. We live in a world that places a high value on organization and many...
I usually stick to informational articles but this time I wanted to share why we decided to home school our kids. It is a clear illustration to me how God is always with us and has a clear plan for our lives. My husband and I married relatively late in life...
Homemaking 911
He Loves You, Part 8, Conclusion
I could go on and on sharing proof and stories of God's love with you straight from God's word, or from my own life, or from the lives of all the believers I know. But the truth of the matter is, my friends, He LOVES you at ALL TIMES....
I remember vividly the picture of her weeping in the temple. The exact words were: "In bitterness of soul Hanna wept much and prayed to the Lord." Hannah was so heartsick because she had been unable to conceive a child. A little further in scripture we...
47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false." 48"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." 49Then Nathanael declared,...
I have, after years of being a parent come to fully understand what this means. Parents know they are not doing themselves or their children any favors by neglecting to discipline them when necessary. In fact, the more I love my children, the more time and energy I...
This parable tells of God's incredible ability to forgive, without judgement, or condemnation a son who ran away with all his possessions to a far away land where he squandered his family's fortune in a life of sin. In fact, when this prodigal son returns, he is not just accepted....
When I look at what I would consider God's big Top Ten sins, I would most definitely include things like: Murder, Adultery, Lying. But really, any sins can fall into this category of things which separate us from God. Many of us believe that being separated from...
Pass The Torch
Europe with Kids – Playground in Every Town
In 2004, our family traveled to Europe to visit our wonderful foreign exchange student, Maria (wearing the hat), in Austria. We ended up on a whirlwind 15-day tour of France, Germany, Austria and Italy, in a rented Opel sedan. At that time, our kids were only ages 5...
Actively Listening to your Kids
Worried about the impending teenage years? Wondering how to get more than a one-word response from your kids? We can all benefit by brushing up on our active listening skills. For a few tips, please read my Positively Speaking column at 5 Minutes for Mom. Would you like Pass...
Prudential Spirit of Community
This month, my daughter was recognized as the Wisconsin middle school representative for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. She was chosen from thousands of middle school students who serve in their communities, for her work with Bookworm Wednesday, and her efforts to help others start neighborhood book clubs...
Key West Express from Marco Island
We had two free tickets and were in for a chilly low-60’s day, so we decided to hop on the Key West Express from Marco Island. Had it been a warmer day, we could have spent more time outside, which would have been more enjoyable. My husband and...
Positively Speaking – Writing Contracts
Will your child soon be experiencing a “rite of passage”? This month’s Positively Speaking column will give you some ideas for writing a contract with him or her, to guide expectations and behavior. Please read my column at 5 Minutes for Mom. Would you like Pass the Torch updates?...
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...
Throwing Marshmallows
This time to The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers 2010 Conference and Resource Fair! Looking forward to getting to meet and hear Linda Dobson, one of my favorite homeschool authors. I will be presenting 3 sessions, a Beginning Homeschooling session this afternoon, Navigating the Legalities and So What Do I DO on...
This quote is discussed in the Not So Big Life (as well as Sarah’s Living the Questions podcast) and I have seen it a couple of other places as well, so I felt like I should share it here: Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try...
Kripalu, February 2010 What a weekend! I find that I am sitting here, a bit stumped about what exactly to write about and how to summarize the weekend. So much happened, much of which I am still processing which makes it hard to figure out what to focus on. There was the...
If it is quiet around here the next few days it is for a good reason. I am off tomorrow morning for a Not So Big Life Workshop at Kripalu Yoga and Meditation Center. I can’t tell you how excited I am. I catch the train tomorrow and won’t be...
Lewes, Delaware - 2009...
The Washington Post recently ran an article on the increasing popularity of homeschooling by Muslims. It profiled Priscilla, a good friend of mine and her beautiful family. Unfortunately, the way it was written/edited, it also played into the stereotype of the “isolated religious homeschooler” trying to keep their kids away...
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
It's hard to believe that spring is almost here! I'm so happy. I'm tired of winter and all of the snow. I am ready for some sunshine!!!! Here are some resources for lapbooking that you may want to use in your homeschool. Spring Lapbook Bee Lapbook St. Patrick's Day Lapbook Easter Lapbook Plant Lapbook Cinco...
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...