Unit Studies – More Q & A

Friday, 22 January 2010, 20:47 | Category : Encouraging Homeschoolers, Unit Studies
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A few more questions have come up regarding how I organize and plan our unit studies.  You can find the first post at Unit Studies Revisited and the follow-up post at Unit Study Questions Answered.  As long as you keep asking questions, I’ll keep answering. 
“To clarify, it sounds like you do one unit [...]

Unit Study Questions Answered

Thursday, 7 January 2010, 14:14 | Category : Encouraging Homeschoolers, Unit Studies
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Wow.  Through my email, there were a lot of questions about unit studies from my original post.  I’m glad because it helps me to know what needs to be clarified or expounded upon.  I tried to combine all the questions into major themes which you’ll see below.  Please feel free to keep asking questions, and [...]

Charlotte Mason Carnival – Autumn Beauty Edition

What a glorious time of year!  In my part of the world, God’s creation is singing in brilliant colors and crisp notes.  In honor of His magnificent show, I thought I’d center the theme around bits and pieces of Autumn Beauty.  Enjoy the wonderful articles!

Nature Study
Julee from Abundant Harvest shares her family’s awesome [...]

Simple Field Guide Hint

Monday, 7 September 2009, 6:51 | Category : Encouraging Homeschoolers, Nature Study
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I posted this over at Shining Dawn Books, but wanted to be sure everyone has a chance to see it since it’s proven to be such a super and simple help during our nature walks…
Here’s a quick field guide tip that our family has used ever since the kiddos were little.  Before they could write, [...]

Lexington Homeschool Fair

Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:38 | Category : Encouraging Homeschoolers
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If you live anywhere near the Lexington, KY area, don’t miss this FREE homeschool fair tomorrow!  Melissa and I will be there with our NaturExplorer units (Shining Dawn Books booth) and I will be teaching two workshops:
Creative Homeschooling: Ideas that Inspire Children to Learn from 10:45-11:15
Living Math: Teaching Outside the Textbook from 11:30-Noon
Lexington Homeschool Fair
Saturday, [...]