Is teaching art to our kids really all that important?!? Shouldn’t we be spending the bulk of our time teaching them reading, writing, and arithmetic? Shouldn’t we follow the trend of many schools by eliminating art from our homeschools so that we have time for more important pursuits? Actually, art is extremely beneficial to teach […]
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Since my boys were babies, I’ve always hauled them to the polling places with me to watch me cast my ballot. We go almost every time we have the opportunity to vote and we MOST DEFINITELY go whenever there is a presidential election. They’ve enjoyed watching me pull the lever, poke the paper, and fill
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It’s always a good idea to try to fit real life learning into our homeschools. Whenever possible, I like my boys to learn actual skills which will be useful to them later in life. We have the good fortune of living next door to my husband’s grandparents. Grandpa and Grandma are turning 90 this year;
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My boys hate math. When they were younger, they actually liked math. They loved the days of using manipulatives with math – especially if I used something like M&Ms! Even though they hate math, they’re both pretty good at it. My 12-year-old who is 7th grade age has already started Algebra I and he’s doing
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Character education is something that most homeschool parents will admit is important – but sometimes it’s hard to figure out how to add anything else to your already massive stack of teacher’s manuals. Character building doesn’t have to be another subject that you tack onto the end of your day. In fact, I would argue
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My oldest son hates math. Period. Every day when it’s time to do our math, his face gets sullen and he digs in his heels. He would rather do any other subject in the world than math. But, unfortunately for him, math is one of those subjects that you have to do every day. He
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