Want to lighten your load and teach your kids useful skills? Try using collaboration to build a family team and balance your homeschooling and housework.
The Waldorf Rhythm. Let me back up to beginning of my role of homeschooling my kids...that was...
I love it when relevant Jewish/parsha/homeschool activities are super-easy to plan and throw together. This one took about 15 minutes durin...
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At the end of November I began a pilot with seventy one families to test out the Spark Station Mastery Course. On February 15 the pilot ended. That last confe(...)
Michael Mendizza, author of Magical Parent, Magical Child and Rebecca Thompson, facilitator for the Parenting As A Hero's Journey Virtual Retreat Series, talk about The Hero's Journey, or as Michael calls it, Transcendent Mentoring of This and Future
I posted on our Facebook page that I'm going to start creating some videos answering questions that are important to readers, and the question of how to manage several young children came up repeatedly. I'll keep working on answers to these questions, but an important key to managing multiple age
by Oliver DeMille The Problem The report is entitled: “Nurturing Children: Why Early Learning Doesn’t Work.” It was written by Andrea Mrozek of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and I was especially struck by three important ideas: 1) “Probably the greatest myth that […]
By Jane Sheppard The scientific advancements of industry and agriculture have brought about the manufacture of over 75,000 synthetic chemicals, with a marked increase in the use of highly toxic pesticides in recent years. No matter where we live, our children are repeatedly exposed to these toxins. Most parents are not aware of the serious...
by Rachel DeMille Once upon a time… …there lived a good, wise and powerful king who ruled over a vast kingdom. The king loved his people and cared deeply for their happiness and well-being. He knew the needs among the people in his beloved realm, […]
As you consider homeschooling, answering these questions will help you to decide whether homeschooling is a good fit for your child, for you, and for your family situation.
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Here are some homeschool quotes to encourage you in your homeschooling journey. Enjoy!
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Habit #1 Begin with The End in Mind Habit # 2 Re-define Love in Action Habit #3 There’s No “I” In Team Habit #4 Use a Family Executive Council Habit # 5 Depend on Family Meetings Habit #6 One on One Regular Dates Habit #7 Break the Habit of Being You- Using The Power of the Baal Shem Tov's Machshava Map Transcript of talk given to Single Jewish Mothers hosted by, Bais Chana International Virtual Retreat May 13, 2020Believe it or not, there’s an alternative world full of a few million fa
It's the last day of the Organizing Your Life posts hosted by The Joyful Keeper! Today's topic is Organizing Your Homeschool. I've written a lot on this topic, but there are a couple of organizing
Schools in every state are buzzing this year with talk of “personalized” learning and 21st century assessments for kids as young as kindergarten. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its innov…
Does anyone know of any good resources that inspire parents to honor the Core Phase? Something that can give parents coming off the Conveyor Belt a vision of how to live with little children. Maybe something that speaks to the hurried child syndrome.
Habit #1 Begin with The End in Mind Habit # 2 Re-define Love in Action Habit #3 There’s No “I” In Team Habit #4 Use a Family Executive Council Habit # 5 Depend on Family Meetings Habit #6 One on One Regular Dates Habit #7 Break the Habit of Being You- Using The Power of the Baal Shem Tov's Machshava Map Transcript of talk given to Single Jewish Mothers hosted by, Bais Chana International Virtual Retreat May 13, 2020Believe it or not, there’s an alternative world full of a few million fa
Is school your back-up option? If you have a bad hour/day/week do you start thinking that school looks like a better option? Do you believe that you’re just ‘trying’ homeschooling, and if it doesn’t work you can always send them to school*? Do you hesitate to make longer-term plans because you're unsure if you'll be homeschooling or not?
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Mentors can come into our lives in various shapes and sizes. The following books have been mentors to me at the times I needed and since then. They have helped me become a better person, a better mentor, and a better mother and wife. This list of books has my thoughts on the books and
Family meetings are opportunities for parents and children to discuss important issues, strengthen communication, and nurture positive relationships.
I hope I'm not breaking some copyright law by putting this list on here. If I am, would someone let me know? If so, I'll just put this list in my draft box so I can have access to it when I'm out and about and then I'll have this page just be about the books I'm currently reading or am soon planning to read from the list, in case anyone has feedback on them. Bold means I've read them and recommend them A cross-out means I've read them and don't recommend them No change means that I haven't read them (and would love some feedback about them - see here) or I can't remember if I would recommend them or not. They say ages are just guidelines and that everyone should read all of the books in the list for all ages. Age 13: Girls: Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery Boys: Ender's Game, Card Girls: Little Women, Alcott Boys: Elantris, Sanderson The Wizard of Oz, Baum The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis Mythology, Hamilton Little House in the Big Woods, Wilder Beginning Latin Book The Phantom Tollbooth, Juster Arithmetic Book Age 14: Pollyanna, Porter A Midsummer's Night Dream, Shakespeare All's Well that Ends Well, Shakespeare The Tempest, Shakepeare Prince Caspian, Lewis Aesop's Fables Tom Sawyer, Twain Beginning Latin Book Flatland, Abbott Pre-algebra book Saint Joan, Twain Huckleberry Finn, Twain Little House on the Prairie, Wilder Best Loved Poems of the American People, Felleman and Allen Sonnets, Shakespeare The Jungle Book, Kipling The Real Thomas Jefferson, Allison et al Beginning Latin Primer On Numbers, Asimov Algebra I book Supplements: Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens, DeMille and Brooks The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Covey The Five Love Languages of Teenagers, Chapman The Fourth Turning, Strauss & Howe The Walking Drum, L'Amor Say*Go*Be*Do, Earl The One Minute Manager, Johnson and Blanchard The Cashflow Quadrant, Kiyosaki A Whole New Mind, Pink Leadership Education, DeMille Archimedes and the Door of Science, Bendick Other books scholars should have: A good dictionary A good thesaurus Latin-English dictionary The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Hirsch The Elements of Grammar, Shertzer The Timetables of History, Grun and Simpson Age 15: The Declaration of Independence The Constitution of the United States The Making of America, Skousen The Real Benjamin Franklin, Allison et. al. The Hiding Place, Boom Antigone, Sophocles The Real George Washington, Allison et. al. Intermediate Latin Book Introduction to Mathematics, Whitehead Algebra I book continued Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare The Monroe Doctrine The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln The Law, Bastiat The Deerslayer, Cooper Animal Farm, Orwell Iliad, Homer Intermediate Latin Book, cont A Beginner's Guide to Constructing The Universe Geometry Book Supplement: Revolutionary Wealth, Toffler Megatrends, Naisbitt Here There be Dragons, Owen Cash, Cars, and College, Bolon The Belgariad, Eddings The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey A Thomas Jefferson Education First Things First, Covey The Millennials, Strauss & Howe Bendigo Shafter, L'Amor As A Man Thinketh, Allen SAT/ACT prep books (when the time is right) Age 16: Odyssey, Homer The Trial and Death of Socrates, Plato Emma, Austen Hamlet, Shakepeare Torah, Genesis Bible, Matthew Qur'an, Cows Intermediate Latin Primer Euclid, Elements books I-II Algebra II book Our Home, Sargent A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court "I Have a Dream", King Les Miserables, Hugo Democracy in America, Tocqueville Notebooks, Da Vinci Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass Advanced Latin Book Arithmetic, Nichomachus Algebra II cont The Science of Getting Rich, Wattles "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death", Henry Othello, Shakepeare In Flander's Field, McCrae Pride and Prejudice, Austen The Art of War, Tzu Supplements: The Human Odyssey, Armstrong Dumbing Us Down, Gatto The Mallorean, Eddings The Jackrabbit Factor, Householder The Coming Aristocracy, DeMille Girls: Wild at Heart, Eldridge Boys: Captivating, Eldridge The Thomas Jefferson Home Companion, DeMille and Jeppson The Five Love Languages, Chapman The Eighth Habit, Covey The Mentor, DeMille and Earl The Path, DeMille and Earl The Alchemist, Coelho Ages 17-18 Poetry and Mathematics, Buchanan Advanced Latin Book Elements, Euclid Trigonometry Book The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien The Foundation series, Asimov Where the Red Fern Grows, Rawls Man of the Family, Moody The Five Thousand Year Leap, Skousen Trigonometry Book cont "The Present Crisis", Lowell Advanced Latin Book A Brief History of Time, Hawking Calculus Book Girls: Ender's Game, Card Boys: Little Women, Alcott Girls: Elantris, Sanderson Boys: Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery Jo's Boys, Alcott The Dhammapada The Bhagavad Gita Nichomachaean Ethics Legal and Medical Latin book Relativity, Einstein Calculus book
For Support and Resources, click here. Here is an introductory list of books that may be of interest to the Love of Learning, Transition to Scholar and Scholar children; please review and categorize according to your family’s criteria of appropriate literature. Check out these titles […]
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Habit #1 Begin with The End in Mind Habit # 2 Re-define Love in Action Habit #3 There’s No “I” In Team Habit #4 Use a Family Executive Council Habit # 5 Depend on Family Meetings Habit #6 One on One Regular Dates Habit #7 Break the Habit of Being You- Using The Power of the Baal Shem Tov's Machshava Map Transcript of talk given to Single Jewish Mothers hosted by, Bais Chana International Virtual Retreat May 13, 2020Believe it or not, there’s an alternative world full of a few million fa
Habit #1 Begin with The End in Mind Habit # 2 Re-define Love in Action Habit #3 There’s No “I” In Team Habit #4 Use a Family Executive Council Habit # 5 Depend on Family Meetings Habit #6 One on One Regular Dates Habit #7 Break the Habit of Being You- Using The Power of the Baal Shem Tov's Machshava Map Transcript of talk given to Single Jewish Mothers hosted by, Bais Chana International Virtual Retreat May 13, 2020Believe it or not, there’s an alternative world full of a few million fa
by Rachel DeMille Once upon a time… …there lived a good, wise and powerful king who ruled over a vast kingdom. The king loved his people and cared deeply for their happiness and well-being. He knew the needs among the people in his beloved realm, […]
Habit #1 Begin with The End in Mind Habit # 2 Re-define Love in Action Habit #3 There’s No “I” In Team Habit #4 Use a Family Executive Council Habit # 5 Depend on Family Meetings Habit #6 One on One Regular Dates Habit #7 Break the Habit of Being You- Using The Power of the Baal Shem Tov's Machshava Map Transcript of talk given to Single Jewish Mothers hosted by, Bais Chana International Virtual Retreat May 13, 2020Believe it or not, there’s an alternative world full of a few million fa
Are you new to the Charlotte Mason way and not sure what to do with your homeschool? Start here to learn more about the method.
Hola a todos: Hoy me gustaría compartir con vosotros algunas actividades para que realicéis con los más peques de la casa, sin tener que invertir ni en tiempo ni en esfuerzo. ¿Os apetece conocer La…
