We’ve all heard the argument against homeschooling, “but what about socialization?” Typically this argument really asks is, “but what about your kids turning into socially inept weirdos if they aren’t around normal kids all day?” (Go ahead, try to deny that, but that’s what that question REALLY means..) But what about the SOCIAL BUTTERFLY? That’s a socialization horse of a different color. Homeschooling the Extrovert (Social Butterfly) I recently had a good …
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Homemaker’s Challenge: A Tip for Cutting Bell Peppers
I’m going to start doing a better job of telling you when I have posts up at the other blogs I write for. (Three of them, three posts a month that I’m not writing here, and two of those having nothing to do with homeschooling. =) ) Today I’m up at Homemaker’s Challenge, and I’m sharing a super easy trick for cutting bell peppers. We eat a lot of raw …
How to Naturally Work Geography Into Learning
[maxbutton id=”1″] How to Naturally Work Geography Into Learning We don’t teach geography here. Well, not as a separate class anyway. We could. We could spend time studying geography and drilling all the facts we’re learning. And when I first got started homeschooling that’s kind of what I thought we’d be doing. But as I found my homeschool footing, and I developed our relaxed, eclectic approach, I found that I …