This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine. As homeschoolers, we’re all about finding the best ways to become educated. Real education doesn’t require sitting in a seat most of your waking hours being lectured to, it can come in myriad forms, anywhere in the world. [...]
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Woodrow Wilson. All opinions are 100% mine. I am surrounded by scientists. My husband has a PhD in electrical engineering. My father has a PhD in mathematics. My sister has a master’s in math and her husband has a PhD in physics. Yes, it [...]
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine. When I was in high school, my mom was an administrator for BYU’s Degrees by Independent Study. That was my first exposure to the idea of getting a real, accredited college degree without the full campus experience. It [...]
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The high school US history unit that we use for our homeschool is simple to administer, very educational, and fun. Our kids have loved studying United States history. A History of US: Text and Movie Study We start our study of US history following the ten book A History of US series by Joy Hakim. [...]
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“Oh, I’d love to homeschool, but how could I possibly run my home-based business and homeschool, too? I simply won’t have the time!” Well, you’re right. And you’re wrong. In 1995, only six months after jumping into the homeschooling arena, I began my second home-based business, Bright Spark Press. (My first had been an electronic [...]
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16 years ago we started homeschooling on a dare from our oldest daughter, who had just turned seven. Now she and her closest sibling are attending a prestigious private university and their four younger siblings are still homeschooling. I don’t hate public schools, they can be a valid resource. But I hate the erroneous notion [...]
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Lunchables. All opinions are 100% mine. Two days ago we took a field trip to the Hale Theater in West Valley City, Utah. We saw a wonderful performance of The Three Musketeers. The fencing (just feet from our heads) was fantastic (particularly measured by [...]
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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine. Forget the commute. Forget bussing. For the past 16 years we’ve been homeschooling. For the past nine years our own businesses have been our sole means of support and for the past seven years all our businesses have [...]
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Last February I read a newspaper article about the Utah public school system by Lois Collins that continues to trouble me. A couple of her statements just leapt off the page and smacked me upside the head. Too often, we’re willing to hand over the teaching of our children to complete strangers. And we believe [...]
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The US Department of Education commandeers roughly $63.7 billion in discretionary appropriations and $96.8 billion in discretionary funding from the federal budget. And this “is only a small part” of education spending, because education is “primarily a state and local responsibility.” source While I’d argue that, constitutionally, it’s entirely a “state and local responsibility” — [...]
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We love board and card games. Unlike most video games, they provide a great venue to interact with your children (and other adults) and many of them are truly educational. They may teach vocabulary, math, geography, music, and lots of critical thinking. We have scheduled a couple of hours every week specifically for game playing. [...]
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One of my odd recurring nightmares is that someone walks up to me on campus and casually mentions a test in one of my courses — a test I knew nothing about. The panic I felt is familiar to many college students. With my two oldest children attending a university (one senior, one freshman), I [...]
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Sure, we’ve got the usual box scratch paper, bins of broken crayons, mismatched sets of colored paper, watercolor sets with black mixed into the yellow, clogged glue bottles, and dried up glue sticks. The usual. But when we really want to do artwork, we get out the special stash of the good stuff. Elementary School [...]
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Last month I wrote about the amazing GeoTrax Railroad. Remember what I said about expandability. I’m not just talking about more tracks. Fisher-Price has done the add-on one better. Part of the GeoTrax family is the fabulous GeoAir! Picture a toy train in airplane form with a track that loops through the sky, to the [...]
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Growing up in a musical family introduced me to so many wonderful opportunities. From singing and playing the violin to directing a teen swing choir, the musical foundation my parents gave me has brought so much joy to me and, now, to my kids that it’s immeasurable. One of my earliest musical experiences is playing [...]
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