Using Teaching Textbooks in a Living Math Approach

March 14, 2012

Sprite is using her third set of Textbooks (TT) math curriculum, and we have no intention of switching to anything else. It is really working for her (and for me). We both love that it can be done independently and that she receives immediate feedback on her answers. Because it has both auditory and visual [...]

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Kansas City Homeschool Conference

March 12, 2012

For my readers living near the Kansas City area, I have great news for you! If you are looking for homeschool encouragement, new curriculum, or information about how to start homeschooling, be sure to set aside April 19-21 for the Midwest Parent Educators 2012 Conference. In fact, at the end of this post, there is [...]

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Analyzing Theme with Dr. Seuss Picture Books

March 2, 2012

I’m participating in a blog link-up in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday tomorrow on March 2. Since Sprite is a middle schooler (7th grade), you might be surprised to know that we used Seuss picture books for homeschool lessons! Yes, we did. No, Sprite didn’t make a cute craft or do a phonics activity with [...]

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Georgia O’Keeffe Artist Study

February 28, 2012

Our artist this term has been Georgia O’Keeffe. I borrowed the book Georgia O’Keeffe (Library of American Art Series) from our library. It is an oversized volume with plenty of full color art for daily picture studies. Our artist study methods have remained the same, year after year. Sprite studies a work of art for a minute [...]

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Art Games Charlotte Mason Would Love: Birdcage Press

February 23, 2012

I grew up playing the traditional Authors  and Composers card games. (Who else played those?) They were a great way to pass a rainy afternoon while learning the names of artistic masterpieces and the faces of their creators. I’ve discovered a modern alternative of those games over at Birdcage Press. Look at these beautiful Renaissance and Impressionist art games! [...]

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Blogging Conference for Christian Homeschoolers — BEECH

February 21, 2012

When I moved back to America, I suddenly had a network of homeschooling friends around me who understand the unique challenges of educating your children at home. But I still had no “in real life” (IRL) friends who were bloggers.  Besides a few exceptions, all my blogger friends were online friends, people I had never met [...]

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How Pinterest can Ruin Your Homeschool

February 21, 2012

Pinterest is great fun, but beware. It can ruin your homeschool. I don’t mean that you may spend too much time repinning instead of planning and teaching lessons although that could happen. I mean something else, something that is probably more likely. Too Many Choices = Paralysis Pinterest is a visual overload of exponential creativity. [...]

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Poet Study: Maya Angelou

February 16, 2012

In the past our poetry study has been regular in timing but haphazard in selection. We worked through chapters or randomly chose poems from an anthology. But now that Sprite is in middle school (7th grade), I am moving towards the method Charlotte Mason recommended — studying one poet per term (like we study artists and [...]

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Hymn Study with Then Sings My Soul

February 14, 2012

One of the things we have let slide in this past year in America is hymn study. To be honest, because we go to church several times a week, we are getting far more exposure to hymns in America than we ever did even with deliberate hymn study back in China. It just goes to [...]

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BEECH Twitter Party for Homeschool Bloggers

February 13, 2012

If you’re on Twitter, please add this special event to your calendar. You do not want to miss the prizes and fun that we are going to have on Thursday night, Feb. 16, 9:00-10:00 EST. homeschool planners homeschool curriculum blogging guides a complete blog design package That night I will be at the BEECH in [...]

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