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Who is the Homeschooling for?
Homeschooling is about this guy up there, Z. He's grown since that picture was taken, yet he's still climbing the hill that is homeschooling.In the last few weeks I've been planning our first year of...
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Making Do & Choices
Homeschooling is a choice, an educational choice that can turn into a lifestyle choice. We're wrapping up our eighth year of homeschooling this spring. That seems odd to say because it doesn't feel...
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Homeschool Tracker: Using what you own
I'll admit it, I'm not organized, at least not in the classroom. I have books stacked, books in the basement, books elsewhere (long story...), and books on shelves. Much of what we're doing for next...
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Ninth Grade Finalized
I've posted some of this in the pages up top, but yesterday final decisions were made for our 2012-2013 school year. Here's the line-up:2012-2013 school year will mark out ninth year of homeschooling....
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Et tu, Brute? Part Two, Another language dilemma
Well as soon as I post our plans they change. Maybe. Maybe this is my way of solidifying my choices, post them on my blog and wait a week, lol.As some of you read a while ago we, Z and I, reached a...
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It's almost a wrap
8th grade is almost done. I have a little angst, but much pride. This has been a good year, great compared to last year. This is today's nature lesson, introducing the cat to a catfish. Tigger not only...
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Veni, Vidi, Vici
We wrapped school today. Our final lesson with Literary Lessons from The Lord of the Rings, our last chapter reading Aristotle for Everybody, and organizing some papers. Z is now officially a high...
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Finding Balance in your Planning
I've been discussing balance with a friend this morning. I tend to think very symmetrically, so much on this, the same amount on the other side. It appeals to my aesthetics. But that isn't always...
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Going Integrated
I have been known to panic if I don't have a plan. That doesn't mean I'm going to stick to the plan, but there is comfort in knowing it's there. Planning for next year has been driving me loopy. Having...
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Summer Science and a Parade
We've had ant issues this summer. They're annoying. They like watermelon. We put a rind under the deck far enough from the house to draw them away. The black specs are not seeds. Yuck! The big one is a...
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Graduating from Toddlerhood
We're adding a new student this year. Yes, the dog gets her own ID badge. Now that she is in pre-school, I'm hoping she'll act less like a toddler. Pink is her color, hot pink mostly. She goes bananas...
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Integrated Science and Not Long Now
So far in my life it's a given that the sun will rise each day. See, there it is, just this morning. Like that certainty, there is also the fact I will try to find a way to make my plan work. I don't...
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Curiouser and Curiouser
It seems fitting that today we start high school. Another rover landed on Mars this morning, the perfect day for us to begin. When Z was little I used to tease that I would send him to Mars. His...
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High School and Other Life Forms
News for the week: Curiosity lands on Mars, Mt. Tongariro, better known from the Lord of the Rings movies as Mt. Doom, erupts for the first time in 100 years, and we finished our first week of high...
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Week Two: A Wild Week
Be careful or this may happen to your head too! All right, this was an intentional enlarging of the hair to see how fluffy it could be.We made it through week two. I'll be honest, I'm tired. Z is not....
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Three Weeks Done, Obviously Time for a Schedule Modification
It wouldn't be Wakefield Academy if we didn't tweak the schedule. So, we are doing just that, as an experiment for this week. Z is a great kid and we've worked best with a daily schedule. This year we...
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Did I Mention It's Almost Break Time?
After eight years of homeschooling, we've developed a yearly schedule that works well for us. We do about six weeks of school then take one week off. Thanksgiving and Christmas kind of mess with that...
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What do Homeschoolers Do on a Break?
In our case we had a party. Z and my mom had a birthday. Same day. I still haven't topped that gift to her, never will.We took pictures, the boys smiled. Notice how tall Z is now. As tall as Tigger,...
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Udacity Physics
I am keeping a close eye of many of the great new offerings in free online education. We've used Khan Academy, Academic Earth, looked at Coursera for down the road, and now I'm trying Udacity,...
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Your ABCs and Oral Exams
If you know Z, you know he likes to talk. Okay, it some instances he likes to talk. When it he gets going, whoa! He's a much better talker than he is a writer, and one aspect of schooling I've wanted...
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