School in a Box?
So you’ve decided to homeschool! Now what? Well, first you probably want to know what to teach. Start with the
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Getting your bearings
I met a woman who recently decided to homeschool her two children. She wore a look of determination, but it
Read moreChocolate (avocado) mousse?
I turned two avocados into chocolate mousse today. Astonishingly, this is seemingly remarkable achievement actually pales alongside the subsequent event:
Read more“…but we still got A’s.”
public school, you can’t make this stuff up.
Read moreA jumble of letters
Here, read this list of words: saw song talk dog call frog off ball draw all lost small walk long
Read moreLaughing so hard I’m crying
I’m having one of those weeks where Anne Taintor is my idol.
Read moreGood Heavens, Has It Been That Long?
Yeah, it has. Well, the update: two of my children have flown the coop and gone to public school. One
Read moreAnd now, a few words for our non-home-schooling public
I get tired of people looking at me funny when I say the word “homeschooler”. You’d think I grew another
Read moreI Will Survive (homeschool video)
Now testing embed code. And what better subject than a mildly amusing take-off of “I Will Survive”, a la homeschool?
Read more“When I leave educational institutionalism, will I be successful or forever lost?”
Among the congratulatory plaudits and cliches passed out at the annual commencement ceremonies, one valedictory speech was delivered this spring
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