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To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. - Aleister Crowley Thoughts?
Read MoreSun Prints, Pt 2
As my sister kindly pointed out, it has been a lot longer than a few hours. Saturday we were gone all day long moving items from my mom’s house to our own, which is a two hour trip one-way. Sunday we were busy all day moving everything in and around the house and trying to clean up the vast mess by consolidating not two houses but four. (My grandma gave me a bunch of stuff, my sister, and my mom, and we’re still trying to sort everything out!) Yesterday I tried valiantly to keep...
Read MoreSun Prints – thanks Green Hour!
Are you looking for something fun to do with your children this summer? Today, Nate, Sammi, myself, and the child we care for all traipsed outside for two hours to participate in last week’s Green Hour activity. (Yes, that cracks me up. You don’t see what makes me laugh? Outside for two hours for the green hour? Oh, never mind.) The activity last week involved looking for shapes in the clouds and making sun prints. The author was using a special kit to make the sun prints, but...
Read MoreWelcome to my yard
Shadow, our friendly pit bull, would like to welcome you to our yard. We are still doing a lot of work on it, but progress is being made steadily. The biggest project of the spring was making our yard completely fenced in. When we moved in, the back side had a fence that leaned in a very frightening manner. I was actually hesitant to stand under it, in case it fell over and plowed me into the ground like a nail into a board. Here is what the back fence used to look like. The south side...
Read MoreSecular Homeschooling, Pt 1
Note: This post is becoming so large and time-consuming to write that I am breaking it up over several days. The first section will include the introduction and two methods – Charlotte Mason and Classical Education. The next section will cover Montessori and Unschooling. The last section will cover Waldorf and my conclusions. I decided a long time ago, for many reasons, that if I were to have children I wanted to homeschool them. For the past year, Aaron and I have been discussing...
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