21 April 2011 ~ 7 Comments

No Comparisons

Have you noticed that homeschool families, particularly us moms, have a tendency to believe that everyone else who homeschools has a lovely, clean, peaceful home, creates nutritious, delicious  meals from scratch and never yells at their children.  You all know what I am talking about…  Everyone else has their stuff in a pile but you, [...]

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07 March 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Exasperation is NOT the Best Instructor

Have you ever been trying to reach a goal with a child and finally, in exasperation, set a deadline that came back to bite you?  One of our favorite family stories centered around the art of teaching writing and setting a deadline for task completion. Any parent worth their salt has said to their kid [...]

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09 November 2010 ~ 7 Comments

Duct Tape and the Art of Teaching More Than One Child

One of my kids used to be referred to as Houdini. He could disappear from our homeschool classroom in a Yankee minute. Sometimes, right before my very eyes! The particular year that I was really having an issue with him was the first year I had 4 children to teach. I had a 1st grader, [...]

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