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January 14, 2010

What Kinds of Life Skills Should Kids Learn?

This morning my husband told me about a series of blog posts he's been reading about "lost knowledge," and it really made me start to think.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if some world-wide event suddenly rendered all technology useless? How would we fare as a nation? I'm not talking about the immediate aftermath [...]

December 31, 2009

4 Easy Steps to Help You Fail at Homeschooling

Thousands of books and internet articles have been written about how to succeed at homeschooling. But I'm going to offer you something a bit different.
If you've ever wondered how to fail at homeschooling, you've come to the right place. Here are four easy steps to help you fail as at homeschooling. This vital information has [...]

November 18, 2009

How to Raise a Reader

I love to read. My husband loves to read. My two daughters love to read.
But my son has been staunchly opposed to reading since he first learned how in Kindergarten. He'll read if he is required to for school, but he has never really sat down to read a real book just for the pure [...]

October 14, 2009

Teaching First Aid to Kids

This post was originally published in early 2008 on my old website called Homeschooling for the Real World.
My kids and I are officially beginning our study of first aid this week since our science curriculum for the year is already done. The basic text we’re using is a Community First Aid & Safety manual from [...]

September 24, 2009

Help Your Kids Visualize Distances and Measurements

Judging distances and measurements, especially large measurements, is difficult for kids. 10 feet? 50 feet? Visualizing how long those distances actually are is a challenge.
What we've found that really helps is having something familiar and concrete to compare distances to. So for my own kids, I decided to give them some models for comparison, models [...]

September 16, 2009

My Case Against Learning States and Capitals

One of the first things children seem to learn when they study geography in school is the names of the states and capitals. It's generally considered a staple in a child's elementary curriculum, whether in public school or homeschool.
And really I don't have a problem with kids learning the U.S. capitals. There's nothing wrong with [...]

September 9, 2009

Homeschool Better with Flashcard Software

Jaden started Latin this year (using a fantastic curriculum called Cambridge Latin Course which we have both fallen in love with—review to come soon), so he needed a way to study his vocabulary words on a daily basis. I contemplated just having him make up some flashcards on 3×5 index cards, but he wasn't too [...]

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