Time is one of the wonderful advantages of Homeschooling. Because homeschooling takes so much less time than a traditional school day, my children have all sorts of time to explore their interests and passions, and engage in extracurricular activities. My children’s favourite extracurricular activities incorporate quite a few of the arts. Both children are active […]
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I would like to invite you to explore more blogs from our TOS Homeschool Crew! Here’s our Blog Walk: 1. 1 of 100 plus 25 TOS Crew Reviews 2. Homeschooling Hearts and Minds 3. Homeschooling Drewper 4. Burkherts Brigade 5. Families Again A homeschooling Dad’s blog 🙂 6. Homeschool and Family 7. The Sunny Patch
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There are many different methods of homeschooling. Before I started homeschooling, one of the first books I read on the subject was The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise-Bauer and Jessie Wise. I am so glad that it was at my local library! The Classical Method as laid out in the book made complete sense to
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Homeschoolers love field trips! One of the best advantages of homeschooling is that you can pick up and go on a field trip anytime. If you want to avoid the crowds, all you have to do is go during the day when everyone else is at work or school, and going off-season helps too. This
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I have been meaning to create a post about Workboxes since we began using the system almost 2 years ago. Now that we have been asked “How do you organize your homeschool?” for this week’s TOS Blog Cruise, I’m finally getting around to it! If you haven’t already heard the buzz about Workboxes, it’s a
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When the TOS Crew-mates were asked to share our favourite resources for the grades we’re teaching in our homeschools, I just had to entitle it “My Favourite Things” because I sang that song for an audition at the university this weekend 🙂 Some of my favourite curricula, that we are utilizing so far this year…
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It’s that time again, time to peruse some other blogs from the TOS Homeschool Crew. Enjoy! 1. Hearthside Homeschool Reviews… And More 2. Loving Learning at Home 3. Life on the Roller Coaster 4. A Life Better Than I Deserve 5. Joy in the Journey 6. Homeschooling, Autism & Stuff 7. There is Hope 8.
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Welcome to the September Carnival of Natural Parenting: We’re all homeschoolers This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how their children learn at home as a natural part of their day. Please read to the
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I think “free time” or time to yourself is a little over-rated 🙂 I LOVE spending time with my family. That’s one of the reasons I love homeschooling so much. Perhaps I’m unusual, but if I was given the choice, for instance, to spend time alone or with my husband, I would choose my husband
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We love using technology in our homeschool! Here are some of the technological gadgets we use… Computers – of course! I really don’t know how homeschoolers did it before the advent of the PC. We had both our laptop and our PC conk out on us simultaneously this past homeschooling year and it was awful