Posted by Annie on Jul 21, 2011 in
Education,
Parenting We’ve all heard of traditional homeschooling where mom sits at the kitchen table, the children are gathered around, workbooks open and curriculum flows as if the children never left the public school system. Mom and dad believe if it’s good enough for Johnny, it’s good enough for my Henry, too. Did anyone ever bother to […]
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Posted by Annie on Jun 26, 2011 in
Education,
Seasonal Earlier this month Diane Flynn Keith penned an article titled: Rites of Passage, in which she says in part: It’s hard to escape the school calendar and its associated events. I am always surprised when homeschoolers follow the traditional school year, and even more miffed when they engage in the ritual of graduation (for each […]
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Posted by Annie on May 11, 2009 in
Activity Did you know that prior to 1941 there was no such thing as a “teenager”? I knew that things had changed in recent years but I didn’t realize it was that recent in our history. Prior to 1941 you were either a child or an adult. There was no in between and no such thing […]
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