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Good Heavens, Has It Been That Long?

December 14, 2011September 7, 2016 head cephalopod 0 Comments homeschool, public school

Yeah, it has. Well, the update: two of my children have flown the coop and gone to public school. One

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brain dump homeschool 

And now, a few words for our non-home-schooling public

August 17, 2010September 7, 2016 head cephalopod 0 Comments

I get tired of people looking at me funny when I say the word “homeschooler”. You’d think I grew another

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art homeschool 

I Will Survive (homeschool video)

August 3, 2010April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

Now testing embed code. And what better subject than a mildly amusing take-off of “I Will Survive”, a la homeschool?

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homeschool social studies 

10 Places To Which You May Not Have Taken A Field Trip – Yet

July 11, 2010March 2, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

Summertime is a great time for field trips. Although your regular schedule may already permit more outings than the average

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homeschool 

Homeschool + Disney = Quite A Field Trip

May 20, 2010March 2, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

Did you know you can take classes at Walt Disney World? I mean, inside the parks? Okay, there are those

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art cooking food travel 

I ate this cigar for dinner.

May 18, 2010April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

What’s molecular gastronomy? Well, I like to think of it as what happens when Mister Science takes some LSD and

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education homeschool 

Those Dreary Days of Winter

February 24, 2010April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

February seems to me like Hump Day in the homeschooling calendar: the rush of winter holidays is past, thank heavens.

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curriculum education homeschool 

Financial Literacy

November 28, 2009April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

As the holiday shopping season takes flight, now might be a good time to start talking financial literacy with your

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curriculum education homeschool 

Sleeping with the fishes…

November 18, 2009April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

…or Naked Mole Rats. Your choice. If you thought the aquarium was great during the day, how about at night?

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curriculum education homeschool 

Where did it go?

July 20, 2009April 3, 2017 head cephalopod 0 Comments

I was reading an older blog post from The More Child where the blogger asks, as an aside, whatever happened

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