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Category Archives: Our Homeschooling Days
Our Top 10 Favorite Historical Movies for Mature Audiences
Throughout our homeschooling years we have used movies to supplement our studies. We used to use mostly documentaries, but as the years have gone and my children had grown older, we incorporated less documentary and more “Hollywood” type movies. While some are moderately historically accurate, we are always aware that movies take “creative” license in order to bring in the show time dollars. We found that this is not always a bad thing as it … Continue reading
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Our Bird Photos
Some of our favorite things to photograph are birds. Because they seem to have a hyperactive nature, I am extremely grateful for digital cameras and the ability to take lots of shots to finally get a few that you can actually recognize the subject. Here are some of our favorite pictures taken the past few months. (I have linked the bird names to its respective information page at whatbird.com.) Northern Cardinal (male) House Finches (male … Continue reading
2012-2013 What We Are Using
As we enter into our 9th year of homeschooling I don’t think selecting curriculum has become any easier. While we have discovered the things that don’t work for us, it is still difficult sometimes to find what does work. And this year, because I only have one left homeschooling, I have looked for curricula that works best when schooling one. So this year we are trying some ‘new-to-us’ items and some things that we know … Continue reading
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The Ten Top Questions I Am Asked About Homeschooling
Continuing with week 6 of Many Little Blessings and iHomeschoolNetwork.com “10 in 10” series we are talking about the top 10 questions people ask us. In all honesty, we really don’t get a lot of questions from people when they find out that we homeschool. I don’t know if it is because where we live homeschooling is widespread and pretty common or because folks just aren’t interested. But whatever the reason is we have not … Continue reading
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Ten Reasons Why We Homeschool Eclectically
Here we are in week 5 of the Many Little Blessings and iHomeschoolNetwork.com “10 in 10” series and we are explaining why we chose our homeschooling method. When we first started homeschooling, I really wasn’t even aware that there were so many different named methods: Classical, Charlotte Mason, Unschooling, Unit Studies, Lapbooking, etcetera. Those terms just weren’t in my vocabulary. I basically went with my instincts and what I felt would work for us. As … Continue reading
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