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Middle School Goal Setting

April 15, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 14 Comments

I’m looking towards wrapping up sixth grade. With weekly planner pages and yearly calendars in front of me, I sketched out some direction for the next few months so that we can take all of July off. Of course, those plans are in pencil. But I always feel more prepared to have plans rather than […]

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Using Humor to Diffuse a Bad Attitude

December 17, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 27 Comments

I’ve got a tween. And that means that attitude issues crop up more commonly than in other stages. I love Jamie’s creative Tips for Creating a “Bad” Homeschool Day Routine where she tackles what to do on those days that could easily erupt into full-blown crisis mode. One suggestion she didn’t mention (but I’m sure […]

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What Your Middle Schooler Wants You to Know

November 30, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

The tween and teen years are hard. Even at forty years old, I can recall the continual self-doubt, the mirror peeking, the obsession over performance, and the conflicting emotions of those transitional years.  It’s hard all over again as the parent of a tween to see my daughter struggle through this stage. Visit my latest post at […]

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Middle School Egypt Study

November 29, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 15 Comments

We covered Ancient Egypt way back in first grade, and now we’re revisiting it in sixth grade, using Beautiful Feet ancients as our base. THE BOOKS Non-fiction Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books) Pyramid by David Macaulay Ancient Egyptian Art (Art in History) Activity/Notebooking/Lapbooking Remembering God’s […]

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Expanding the Mini-office

January 14, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

A mini-office used to be enough. But now that Sprite is in middle school, our reference needs are growing. That’s really an exciting thing because it means that she’s doing more independent learning and that her base of knowledge is growing. We’ve graduated up to this on the homeschool table. Of course, the pens, colored […]

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