Category Archives: Homeschooling

Field Trip for Local Homeschoolers

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jennie C.

I don’t know how many of my dear readers are local to me, so I’m just throwing this out. I met a couple of local archaeologists at the Louisville Science Center a couple of weeks ago.  They offer a program … Continue reading →

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Thoughtless

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Jennie C.

Yesterday, we attended the wedding of the son of one of our dear friends.  The children had a marvelous time dancing, eating, blowing wedding bubbles, and talking.  They met all sorts of new and interesting people.  One of them was … Continue reading →

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Quotable

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Jennie C.

In a gathering of Catholic homeschoolers, a woman I’d just met asked, “Are you the one who has like 10 kids?” “No, I only have seven,” I grinned. She laughed. “How many places can you get away with saying only … Continue reading →

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The Texas Rangers: A Book Review

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jennie C.

The Texas Rangers is an old out of print Landmark book, so you’ll have to do a little hunting to find it, but it is worthwhile. However, while The Riders of the Pony Express could be well enjoyed by any … Continue reading →

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Raising Readers

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Jennie C.

We’ve always had an early bedtime around here. In our younger days, it was seven o’clock, which was wonderful for making sure that David and I had time together each evening, but as the children got older and our lives … Continue reading →

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Discouraged

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Jennie C.

Penelope knows several letters by heart AND can blend them together into words. I’m very pleased with how easy this is going with her. Much more pleased than I am with the paper on the Crusades recently turned in by … Continue reading →

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Snow Day

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Jennie C.

Oh, but we’ve got quite a bit of snow here. It’s hard to tell just how much because yesterday afternoon, the wind picked up and blew it all up in drifts and shallows, while all the while, more kept falling, … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Have School Indoors Today

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Jennie C.

1. It’s really cold out. 2. It’s ten degrees warmer in the school room, but ten degrees warmer than Really Cold is still Really Cold. 3. It’ll take several hours to increase the temperature from Really Cold to Tolerably Warm. … Continue reading →

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What Was I Thinking?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Jennie C.

Remember when I said I hated teaching children to read?  I’ve probably said it a dozen times over the past few years.  I mean it from the bottom of my heart.  So why did I volunteer to teach a struggling … Continue reading →

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The Socialization Issue

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Jennie C.

The cashier at the grocery store was an older woman and she looked admiringly at Megan and said, “She’s such a beautiful girl.”  And then she added what is quite possibly the most bizarre indictment against homeschooling I’ve ever heard: … Continue reading →

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