Education
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Day in the Life: 3rd and 6th Grade
I always enjoy reading others’ occasional descriptions of one of their typical home school days. I am always aware of the temptation to compare and feel like I come up wanting, so I…
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Why We’re Doing This, Take 10
It seems like I’ve written versions of this post several times before. It’s a subject I seem to feel the need to return to again and again: Why are we doing this homeschool…
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Order and Chaos
This post was originally published on October 6, 2009: No significant reading going on around here — at least, not for me. I can’t seem to find a book to sink into. I’m…
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Scratching the surface
There is so much mystery. The girls and I visited Ithaca’s Museum of the Earth today. We saw any number of amazing fossils, found and identified some of our own with the help…
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How to listen
My feelings toward homeschooling have been all over the map lately. I feel restless. It’s odd that I recently reaffirmed my sense that my full-time job right now is being a mother and…
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All things considered
All things considered, school is going very well this year. In fact, it looks more like I want it to look than it ever has before. Thanks to my reduced blogging inspiration and…
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Back to basics: why we’re doing this
I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that I’m open to other educational options than homeschooling, should we find ourselves in a place and circumstances with better choices than the…
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Technology in school?
Jess posted a link to this article about a technology-free school where tech execs send their children. Very interesting — definitely worth a look. I’ve been thinking about showing my 5th grader how…
