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Our Son’s Homeschool Graduation 2012

On April 29, 2012, our middle son graduated homeschool style. My children are not into formal ceremonies at all so we let them determine what they wanted for their graduations. For my oldest son the family gathered at a local restaurant and we just simply presented him with his diploma. That was in 2004. We spoke with our middle son about what he wanted and came up with a plan that fit his personality to … Continue reading

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Our High School Botany Lesson Plan

We have had great fun with our high school botany studies this year. While I was not able to find a suitable prepared homeschool high school botany curriculum, I was able to put together a course using various resources, some free and some fairly inexpensive that I feel thoroughly covered the science. Taking the advice I received from Jeannie Fulbright when I asked her if her Botany course had been used by older students, I … Continue reading

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Irish Blessings and St. Patrick’s Breastplate Copybooks

Not just for St. Patrick’s Day. A Copybook of Irish Blessings is a collection of 9 traditional Irish blessings. This cost-effective black and white book includes three sections, one for each level of handwriting skills: manuscript, transitional manuscript, and cursive. The passages are written with guidelines aiding in the proper formation of letters. On each page is a block that can be used by the student to illustrate the passage. Download this copybook below. A … Continue reading

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Homeschool Meme

I feel like I have fallen out of the homeschooling blog loop because of the work load that I have been trying to maintain the past few years and not making time for the blog hopping that I love so much. So I spent a little time this weekend just exploring various homeschool blogs. I am so encourage that there are so many out there. I found this little meme and wanted to share too. … Continue reading

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Our 2011 Literature Plans

Back in September I wrote about using Librovox for our literature studies. I had a long list of titles that we were interested in listening to which you can see HERE. Well, some time has past and I have since narrowed down our selections to a realistic list to achieve this year. I have found the audios, the PDF books, many literature study guides all for free from the internet so I thought I’d share … Continue reading

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