I’ve got a million things buzzing around in my brain these days, many of which never seem to make it to my blog. In some cases that’s probably good- I’d bore you to death! But there are some things you might be interested in. I’m waiting for the shade-cloth to arrive to finish off...
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Over the years we’ve satisfied the foreign language graduation requirement for our high school kids in a variety of ways. For our first high schoolers a decade or so ago, we bought Rosetta Stone Spanish, which served to give our teens at least a rudimentary intro to Spanish. Rosetta Stone works by showing pictures...
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This week we’re helping my daughter Erika and her hubby move into a new house. Such fun to see sweet one-year-old Ranger toddling around his new digs, peeking out every window. With a second baby on the way, their little family has well and truly outgrown their tiny newlywed one-bedroom apartment, and we’re thrilled...
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It’s ten on a Wednesday morning, and six kids and I drive into the church parking lot with our big old van. We unlock the church and head into the fellowship hall with baskets and bags and packages. We’ve got graham crackers and frosting and red hots and gummy bears and smarties and licorice...
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John and I have read to our kids at bedtime for all of our parenting career. These days, with so many teens, much of reading time is spent on chapter books. Most recently John has been reading Little Britches and Man of the Family with the kids, two books in a delightfully entertaining series...
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Great news: Corinne Baur, author of Running by the Book was so pleased with your interest in her book that she told me to pick two winners! Those lucky ladies are #14- Stephanie and #43- Brenda Langlie. Congrats, ladies! Send me your addresses, OK? ~~~~ For the past few years we’ve done just a...
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A post about what not to tell a new homeschooling mama got me thinking about my first year of homeschooling, what I did wrong, and what advice I’d give new homeschooling families. Take it SLOW That first year of homeschooling our oldest daughter was in second grade and our next daughter was in kindergarten. ...
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We’ve been a homeschooling family since 1995, which would lead some folks to call me a veteran and assume I have all the answers figured out. Last week it mostly felt like I’m exceedingly tired of correcting math. I’m scheming a bonfire of math answer keys on the day that I retire from homeschooling...
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In my post about writing skills, someone asked me what I do for a child who has terrible handwriting and doesn’t like to write anything. I thought I’d give my answer here in case others have the same dilemma. I have dealt with some messy handwriting in my life, and I know it can...
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