The Value of Watching Bugs: A Quote by Charlotte Mason

February 22, 2013

Miss Mason on Nature Children should be encouraged to watch, patiently and quietly, until they learn something of the habits and history of bee, ant, wasp, spider, hairy caterpillar, dragon-fly, and whatever of larger growth comes in their way. from Home Education, Vol 1, II, Out-Of-Door Life For The Children, p.57  My Thoughts Miss Mason was always [...]

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Why No Textbooks? Charlotte Mason on the Teaching of History

February 19, 2013

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I am beginning a new series of posts with select quotations by Charlotte Mason. I’m choosing quotes that both represent her philosophy and that speak to me personally. I am not a CM purist by any means, but I do value her perspective on teaching children and find much [...]

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What Not to Bring to a Real Refreshment Retreat

February 14, 2013

Next month, I’ll be heading to Atlanta, GA for a relaxing weekend of encouragement and hanging out with other homeschool moms. I’m headed to the Real Refreshment Retreat. By the way, there is an earlier retreat in Baltimore on March 8-9 for those of you who live in the Northeast. Three Things Not to Bring to [...]

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Win a Free Ticket to a Real Refreshment Retreat 2013

February 12, 2013

A Reason to Join Twitter If you are not on Twitter, what are you waiting for? It is probably my favorite social media platform because there are so many parties and chats where you can connect with others who have similar interests. I’d like to invite you to come to the #refreshmom Twitter party tonight [...]

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Join Me in Atlanta for Real Refreshment Homeschool Encouragement

February 11, 2013

When I was at BEECH Retreat in Florida, I was delighted to meet Liz Corson and Rachael Carman, both from Apologia. I was especially happy to connect with them since I’ll be seeing them again in Atlanta at the Real Refreshment Retreat March 22-23, 2013. I want to invite you to join us there! If [...]

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Homeschool Programming Curriculum

January 11, 2013

Part of Emma’s eighth grade curriculum has been the Kid Coder series from Homeschool Programming.  The Kid Coder series has two volumes, one for each semester of a school year: Windows Programming Game Programming The curriculum explains how to download, install, and use Visual Basic software. Armed with just her laptop computer and this Windows programming [...]

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Getting Geared Up for a New Semester

January 1, 2013

To help you with 2013 homeschool planning, I’m offering a special bundle of my three eBooks at a special discounted price for only thirteen days in January. This bundle includes these three titles, each in convenient PDF format. Designing Your Language Arts Curriculum $3.79 Essay Tune Up $5.79 Notebooking Success (from The Notebooking Fairy) $6.79 Bought individually, [...]

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How to Plan Artist Study for a Semester

December 31, 2012

As this calendar year draws to a close, I am working on plans for the second semester of the homeschool year, Emma’s eighth grade year. I thought I would take the time to write out how I plan artist study for a semester. If you want to begin artist study this term, this step by [...]

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Merry Christmas Gratitude

December 22, 2012

Thanks to everyone for the get well wishes for Emma. She is absolutely well now and with a very straight back. My lack of posting has not been due to any health complications. Instead, we have been amazingly blessed with a new house! Our very first home. Moving and doing repairs has taken an inordinate [...]

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What to Bring a Teen Who is in the Hospital or Recuperating

November 16, 2012

Based on Emma’s experience with her spinal fusion surgery and the long recovery, I am sharing the best gift ideas for a teen in the hospital. We were asked dozens of times what she would like. But it took going through the surgery to know the best gifts for this situation. In the Hospital, Give [...]

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