Community Question: 16 Years of Homeschooling. Now what?
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View ArticleNight Owls, Early Birds, and Homeschooling
By Heather Sanders I am not a night owl. My favorite days begin before the sun rises and require little brain power once it sets, which is why I am thankful the kids are of an age where they can be...
View ArticleHomeschool Documentary Review: Class Dismissed
By Heather Sanders Back in 2011, Kristen Chase wrote a blog post about the documentary, Class Dismissed, when the movie’s producers were seeking their first round of funding. The movie did receive the...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Prepping for Preschool
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View ArticleWord Nerd Quiz: Friday Night!
If you love vocabulary…if interesting words make your heart flutter…if you think a nice, juicy word is as beautiful as a prairie sunset or a Basset Hound’s ears…drop by Friday night and try your hand...
View ArticleWORD NERD Quiz: Enter Now!
Time for the big Word Nerd quiz! (WARNING: This might be the hardest Word Nerd quiz yet. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya…) TO ENTER To enter the quiz, answer the questions at the end of this post....
View ArticleWord Nerd Quiz: Answers and Winners!
Wow, great job everyone! It was a tough quiz and many of you held your own. Here are the stats, answers, and winners! STATS 2,249 people took the quiz. 151 people scored 100% (this was a tough one!)...
View ArticleWhy I enrolled in Algebra.
By Heather Sanders Two weeks into this school year, I called Alpha Omega Publications and requested they enroll me in the same online Algebra 1 course Meredith was taking. No one was as surprised as I...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Chronic Fatigue & Homeschooling
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View ArticleMaking “room” for homeschooling.
By Heather Sanders Some people have dry erase boards; we have sweaty, single-paned, old-as-the-hills windows. And you know what? It’s fine. We no longer have room for dry erase boards, bulletin...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Starting a small school.
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View ArticleMean Ol’ Schoolmarm: Supposedly vs. Supposably
By Heather Sanders It would be so much easier if I could write that supposably wasn’t a word and encourage you to erase it from your vocabulary entirely: the problem is, supposably IS a word. At...
View ArticleI’m Always Evaluating. You?
By Heather Sanders At this time every year, I begin thinking about the upcoming school year. Some of it has to do with the emails dropping into my inbox. There are an increasing number of parents...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Family Discouraging Homeschooling
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View ArticleThe Great Exam Debate
By Heather Sanders Meredith and I have our semester Algebra Exam tomorrow. At another time in my life (like 28 years ago or so), I would hyperventilate at the thought. Thankfully, time and practice...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Five Weeks of Homeschooling
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View ArticleTwenty Interesting Things About…Daylight Saving Time
By Heather Sanders March is two days away, which means that soon some of us will move our clocks forward one hour. If you’re anything like me, you can only remember what to do by saying “spring...
View ArticleCommunity Question: Help me motivate my boys!
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View ArticleThree Things Our Kids Should Know Before Graduation
By Heather Sanders With one child wrapping up her Senior year in June and another in her freshman year of high school, I’ve given considerable thought to what is most important for them to learn...
View ArticleThe Internet: A Mixed Blessing
By Heather Sanders I am taking a course, “How to Write About Your Life”, because I write for a living and want to be better at it. I am taking an Algebra 1 course because I have a ninth-grade daughter...
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