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How to finish strong your 1st year homeschooling (never mind strong, just freakin' finish)

Way back last summer, I had to fill out our school calendar with our paperwork for our local school district. The calendar had a start and end date...
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How do I homeschool? I'm learning as I go

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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Homeschooling 101: Don't forget, you can change things up

This first year of homeschooling has been a lot of, well, learning how to homeschool. When you (and your kids) come from a school background, it...
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Homeschool 101: How to homeschool with a toddler or preschooler underfoot

We just couldn’t take the rigors of preschool. By that, I mean, getting the 3 year-old out the door by 9am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.And we...
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Homeschool record keeping in Colorado--turns out that sticky notes won't work

Before I started homeschooling, I called the Colorado Department of Education and spoke to Pahmela Hines with the Schools of Choice unit.I asked...
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First day of homeschooling

Our first day of homeschooling went really well! It was easier then I had expected, actually. I doubt I can depend on most days going this smoothly...
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Curriculum as a first year homeschooler: trial and error the cheaper way

I haven’t picked curriculum for our first year of homeschooling and it has suddenly occurred to me that we’re supposed to start on...
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Yay for school supplies! Basics for your first year of homeschooling

School supplies. Ahhh! Smell those new (sharpened and with an eraser!) pencils and (unbroken and with the paper wrapper still on!) crayons! I love...
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First homeschool conference experience

The homeschool conference we attended was good and overwhelming—both in quantity of information, materials, and in the sheer number of people...
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The night before my first homeschool conference

CHEC Homeschool Conference, Denver, June 18th-20th, Denver Merchandise Mart‘Twas the night before my first homeschool conference and all...
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