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San Jose homeschool life
How do I homeschool? I'm learning as I go
Education & Schools
March 8, 2010
Well-meaning people often tell me, `I don’t know how you do it’ in regards to homeschooling. Here’s how I do it: I suck at it-...
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Letting go of the good: what are kids missing by not going to school?
Education & Schools
January 26, 2010
`You have to let go of the good to get the great.’ A homeschool mom of 15 years made this comment tonight at a homeschool co-op meeting. She...
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Homeschooling 101: Mid-year progress check for the mom--yikes!
Education & Schools
January 5, 2010
With the new year, a new semester begins for us in our first year of homeschooling. We should be a little over halfway through our school year,...
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American kids watch more than 28 hours of TV a week. Do homeschooled kids watch more? Um...
Education & Schools
November 23, 2009
I had a secret fear when we started homeschooling that I would just let my kids watch TV for hours in an attempt to get them out of my hair or...
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The seperation between mom and teacher--being both all the time
Education & Schools
November 19, 2009
I think one of the hardest parts of homeschooling is that I am fully mom and fully teacher all.the.time. I don’t go home at the end of a...
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Including siblings in homeschooling events--being inclusive is the rule of the day
Education & Schools
October 31, 2009
So you know, siblings are generally always welcome at homeschool events. I had the mark of a newbie every time I didn’t bring all my kids...
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How do you homeschool a reluctant (or just distracted) learner? Ugh.
Education & Schools
October 28, 2009
I am frustrated because I am dealing with areluctant learner. She isn’t reluctant to learn, per se, just reluctant to learn anything I say...
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What counts as 'schooling' in your homeschool life? Pretty much everything!
Education & Schools
October 26, 2009
Since I have become much more aware of keeping track of our homeschool hours, I have come to agree with the common homeschool mantra that &lsquo...
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Good homeschooling days--learning to let go of my lesson plans
Education & Schools
October 20, 2009
We only get one-maybe two-of these days a week; days where things go sort-of according to plan. Or, at least days I feel like we've made some...
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The guilty homeschooler--am I copping out on my local school community?
Education & Schools
September 24, 2009
I have to admit to a sense of guilt about pulling my kids out of our local public school, from a community-building perspective.I should preface...
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