If you don’t know her already, I’d like to introduce you to Rachel Barton Pine. Rachel is one of the best violinists I’ve listened to in a very long time. You can visit her website where metal meets classical here.
Rachel was unschooled and the skills she learned while homeschooling have helped her to not only [...]
A Homeschool Curriculum for Pre-school and Kindergarten, by Lillian Jones, BestHomeschooling.org – An excellent collection of links to educational and fun activities for helping young children learn. An excerpt:
If you’ve been raising a child up to the age of pre-school or kindergarten, you’ve already begun homeschooling. In those early years, the most appropriate homeschooling activities [...]
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Now that we raise chickens, we have a nice abundance of eggs on hand that the kids enjoy. That lead me to re-evaluate the pans I use to cook with.
After some thought, research and conversations with my mother in law, I decided to try cast iron.
My pans were reasonably priced (bought the Lodge Pro Logic), [...]
I have a love-hate relationship with learning styles. I find them fascinating to read about, but I also think they can stymie the natural way that children learn if we allow them too much importance. I share Wikipedia- Learning Styles as a simple tool or resource. I [...]
When we first started out homeschooling, we explored a variety of educational methods that might work for us. Before you explore the list of methods below, I suggest you first read Considering Methods & Styles of Homeschooling by Lillian Jones.
After investigating all of these, remember that YOU know what works [...]
