How many times have you sent an email to your homeschool support group only to resend a correction and an apology for your grammar? I can imagine because I’ve seen this frequently! If you are a victim of this kind…
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Krista English
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Weekly Snippets: What’s Happening in Your Family’s Learning?
Thank you for allowing me a little unannounced sabbatical from blogging here as I worked out some other projects like gardening from seed for the first time, writing a devotional book, hosting a weight-loss group and working with new clients…all…
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Tagged with: adobe, animation, art, computer programming, exercise, math, natural deficit disorder, photoshop, project-based learning, science, video games, weekly snippets
Posted in Customized Learning, Weekly Snippets
Posted in Customized Learning, Weekly Snippets
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
Academic standards are the cornerstone of public education and, to many, they serve as a benchmark for homeschoolers to measure themselves in how they are doing. I’ve never been a fan of the academic standards because they vary from state-to-state…
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Monocle Monday #4: Education News and New Ideas in Learning
Hope this Monday finds you energized and productive! I ease into my week with Monday as my first rev-up day with each day taking on more work until the Friday finale, rather than Mondays being my busiest day. So I…
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Join Our Living History Class via the Web!
Back in the Fall of 2011, I participated in a teacher training seminar at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum where we were given a wonderful curriculum called Portraits of Valor: Lessons in Bravery and Sacrifice. Through DVDs vignettes…
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Tagged with: Korea, living history, medal of honor, Vietnam, War on Terror, WWI, WWII
Posted in History
Posted in History
Freedom from Natural Parental Fears
My husband and I were married September 2, 1995 and took a honeymoon vacation to the Cayman Islands for a week despite the potential for hurricanes in the Caribbean (blasted Billy Ocean for forever causing me to doubt my pronunciation of this…
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Connecting Naturally with Numbers
Today, I’d like to introduce Christina Pilkington one of my favorite bloggers on the subject of interest-led learning. Since my own kids are so much older now, I wanted Christina to share with you from the perspective of a mom…
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Tagged with: cooking, first grade, games, Kindergarten, math, nature, Pre-K, second grade
Posted in FAQ, Math
Posted in FAQ, Math
Take advantage of Super Bowl Sunday with these learning opportunities!
Are you planning on watching the Super Bowl on Sunday? I would be if I had cable or if I enjoyed watching the jagged images and pretending I’m on a LOST episode by pushing the button on my laptop every…
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Celebrating 3-years of life…a transplant recovery update!
It’s been three years since I received the life-giving stem cells from an umbilical cord of an Australian boy who would now be 13 years old, same age as my oldest son, and yet they’ll never know this incredible story!…
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Frustrated or discouraged? Start here!
Did you know there are times that I get discouraged? I am HUMAN, you know! More often than not it has to do with my own great ideas not being as enthusiastically received by my children as I’d hoped. Other…
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Tagged with: communication, conflict resolution, encouragement, homeschooling, self-directed learning, unschooling
Posted in Encouragement, Start Here
Posted in Encouragement, Start Here
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