learning at home
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after four years of homeschooling
This weekend, we celebrated the close of our fourth year of homeschooling. Like most years, it was a crawl-to-the-finish kind of ending. Each school year brings its unique challenges and this year was no exception. We have been here in Georgia less than a year. And when we moved here, we picked a neighborhood in a Continue reading
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the state of our garden: week 004
I almost hate to call these posts The State of Our Garden since I have done almost nothing toward putting in or maintaining it besides a trip to Lowe’s with Ryan and photographing our plants. I keep saying that my part comes when the harvest arrives. I’ll be cooking and canning and freezing. Right now, after Continue reading
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see you next week…
This one week blog sabbatical is brought to you by these three sweet children. We are finishing up a very busy and important week of our school year and I will be taking a short break from regular blog posts. I am working on a post (May 18) about finishing up our fourth year of Continue reading
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just breathe
This year I have committed to making some lasting changes in my own health and wellness. It has been gradual and steady, but I am making strides. (That’s totally a pun since most of my exercise has been coming from walking!) In addition to physical exercise and making better food choices, I have been very Continue reading
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book report: chapter 4 (april)
I ended last year with some very specific goals for myself in 2015. One of those goals was to read more. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to make one gigantic list, I am going to post a monthly book report of what I’ve been reading. And instead of just listing the titles, I Continue reading
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you are what you read: episode 002
I have come up with a workable solution to my series I want to begin, “You Are What You Read.” I did face a few technical difficulties with my YouTube video a few weeks ago. I couldn’t seem to fix the settings issue while I was out of town and away from my laptop. And Continue reading
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the state of our garden: week 000
It has been nearly a month since I last updated on the state of our garden. I didn’t have too much to report. Ryan was waiting on the last spell of cold weather to move out of here and until we would return from a week-long trip out of town. Over the weekend, Ryan and Continue reading
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his number one fan
Growing up, my dad coached all of us kids in various sports. He was a little league baseball and basketball coach for my brother, and maybe tackle football. He coached my sister and me in church basketball and church softball. Even as a grown adult, my dad still coached our women’s church softball team. That’s Continue reading
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teach them diligently [safety]
One of my goals for this year is to continue teaching my children some skills to make them more independent of me. A focus of our learning around here is to take full advantage of all the learning we can in and around the home. In addition to math, science, and languages, I feel it’s my duty to help Continue reading
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what I learned in march
Today I’m linking up with Emily P. Freeman at Chatting at the Sky to share what we learned in March. Here’s what Emily has to say about the practice: “At the end of every month, we have a regular practice here of looking back before moving forward. While some of the deeper, more in-process things I may keep Continue reading
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