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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Peculiar Book
My last YA read was the unique book Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. It uses actual old photographs, collected by various people, as illustrations. Many of these images show slightly fantastic things. In the book, the photos … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books
Tagged children's books, children's literature, fantasy novels, miss peregrine, YA books
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Trying Something New
In order to help Mushroom with his anxiety about schoolwork, we’re implementing a new system. We’ve only been at it for a couple of weeks, but I’m hoping it will stick, partly to help Mushroom calm down a little and … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged finding uses for my laminator, home education, homeschool, homeschooling, organization, planning, weekly planning
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In Between Books
There are more and more little niches the publishing industry has come along to fill in recent years. One place there are more books coming out is that narrow gap between early readers like Frog and Toad and chapter books … Continue reading
First Week Moments
I saved up all the various things I bought for the kids so they could all come out at the same time in one box-curricula-esque extravaganza. Of course, the first thing BalletBoy and Mushroom did was accidentally dump out their … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged almost wordless wednesdays, co-op, field trips, first week of school, home education, homeschool, homeschooling
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My Children Call Me Farrar
Have I mentioned that at some point in the last few months, my kids each decided to start calling me Farrar?* Not all the time, but most of the time and especially in public, around other people. I think they … Continue reading
US History Options
I’ve had my issues with Story of the World, but the fact that there’s nothing quite like it for American history is a problem that seems to plague a lot of homeschoolers, who, like me, want to devote a full … Continue reading
Tell it!
I don’t usually do this, but I agree with Rivka so much that I am actually linking a thread to the Well-Trained Mind Forums. It asks the questions, “Is ‘quality literature’ necessarily old? Is old literature necessarily ‘quality’?“ I love … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, Homeschooling
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Across the Atlantic
I know I already posted about our American history expedition checklist, but first, historically speaking, we needed to sail from the old world to the new. There are obviously a lot of resources dealing with Christopher Columbus, but most of … Continue reading
Writing, the Bane of my Existence
That title might be a slight exaggeration. Except, what did I do with my week off while Mushroom and BalletBoy were in summer camp? Well, other than have a lovely lunch date with the Husband and catch up on all … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling
Tagged grammar, home education, homeschool, homeschooling, teaching writing, writing, writing curriculum, writing workbook
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The Nitty Gritty Portfolio Post
Question: How do you know how much work to keep? Question: How do you assess your child if you don’t give grades? Answer: PORTFOLIOS! There are lots of different ways to do a portfolio, but I’m going to write about … Continue reading
