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Controlling the Homeschool Clutter

March 22, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

Welcome back to my Homeschool Spring Cleaning series. Yesterday I addressed mental clutter. Today I will look at the very concrete clutter that can take over the home of a homeschooling family. I’ve had a unique situation of starting over from scratch in terms of physical possessions. When we left China, we brought eleven trunks. Everything […]

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Three Areas of Mental Clutter that Sabotage Homeschooling

March 21, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 13 Comments

that Sabotage Homeschooling

Welcome to my Homeschool Spring Cleaning series. For the next three days, I’ll have posts related to sprucing up your homeschool. We’ll start with the mind where it all starts and then we’ll look at more concrete organizational tips for clutter and for mom’s planning notebooking. Spring is here! Fresh buds and blooming trees renew […]

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Flexibility in Homeschool Curriculum

April 14, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 17 Comments

Melanie sent me an email with some fantastic questions to discuss. See, I’m brand new to this homeschooling thing and we started the year trying to adhere to the whole Well-Trained Mind thing.  It was so nice following the WTM suggestions.  They are so neat and tidy.  Now, however, I’m finding that may not be totally […]

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My Homeschool Planning Notebook

March 15, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 12 Comments

When I shared about how to organize notebooking pages, Mary commented, “I struggle with keeping a ‘planning book.’  What does yours look  like and contain?  Currently I use a regular teacher planner, but it is not ideal. I’d love to know how you do it.” I’ve got all kinds of things in there. Here’s a […]

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24 Must-Read Homeschooling Articles for Newbies

February 19, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 18 Comments

Actually, if you’ve not read these before, these 25 24 articles would be good for any homeschooling mom, not just newbies. Maybe they’ll help you as you plan for next year. Maybe they’ll inspire you out of that homeschooling slump that comes in these gloomy days before spring. (Yeah, I’m pretty much there.) General Homeschool Articles 1. […]

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