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What if I Had No Money for Curriculum?

October 3, 2016 By Jimmie Quick 40 Comments

I was recently pondering how blessed we are to have such fantastic homeschool resources in our home. And I also started thinking about what would happen if we lost all of that. How would we homeschool if we had none of those books on hand? And although it would be quite inconvenient not to have […]

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Homeschooling is Like Exercise

January 31, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 19 Comments

I like homeschooling a lot more than I like exercising. That’s probably obvious to you based on my blog posts. After all, this is a homeschool blog. But I’ve discovered that homeschooling is like exercising in many ways. 1. Small, repeated investments have a big pay off in the long term. Going to the gym doesn’t instantly give you the […]

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Why I am Not a Militant Homeschooler

January 23, 2012 By Jimmie Quick 23 Comments

why I am not a militant homeschooler

I want to openly say that I am a homeschooler. (You knew that.) But I am not a militant homeschooler. thanks to eBomb716 for the cool image What is a militant homeschooler? By militant homeschooler I mean someone who believes that all Christians should homeschool their children. Actually, the word should is probably too weak. A […]

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Developing Your Language Arts Curriculum EBook

November 21, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 1 Comment

  For your convenience, I’ve compiled the 10 Days of Language Arts posts into an eBook — Designing Your Language Arts Curriculum. You can purchase the eBook securely with PayPal (via ejunkie.com) for only $3. After your purchase, you will be directed to a link where you can download the file. (The link does expire eventually, so don’t […]

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How to Get Back to Homeschool When You are Unmotivated

August 8, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 33 Comments

If my homeschool walls could talk, they would be revealing a very sad truth. You see, here in West Tennessee, it’s back to school time. Our local homeschool group and 4H club have already had their first meetings. Public schools are gearing up. Every time I run into another homeschool mom, I get the question, “When […]

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