The monthly unschooling blog carnival.
Unschooling Voices 10th edition.
Come check it out and take a peek into the lives of unschooling families.
Unschooling is a type of homeschooling where there are no formal lessons.
If you're interested in homeschooling or unschooling, this is a great way to read about many familie

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Well, it’s that time again, time for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards. Since I am new to blogging, the Homeschool Blog Awards are also new to me. I think the idea is great!

How does it work? There are 23 different categories to choose from and peo

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Life Lessons thru Gift Giving is a look at what Christmas became in my life. What was once a time of joy became a burdensome process rather than a pleasure. Instead of finding joy, I found the holidays robbing me of joy. Time for action! Time to tak

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My daughter is having some math issues. This gives me great grief as I am pretty proficient mathematically. I’m very visual and it was driving me nuts every time she would add 5 + 1 by starting with 1,2,3,4,5…….. 6! The number one reason for this is

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Sam has almost mastered her sight word flash cards. So why is she still having trouble reading a book? Well, because not all the words in the book were included in her flash cards. Leaving Sammy to be almost able to read an entire book.

Today, I

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The premise is respect for all cultures and faiths. This seems like a very mature antidote to some of the more judgmental blogs around. This blog promises to be a good resource for all homeschoolers.

This blog is written by a homeschooling mom who is disappointed with some of the less-than-thoughtful antics of some homeschool bloggers and

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Got Margins? is a review of a two-in-one book Margins/The Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live Within Your Limits by Richard Swenson M.D.

Dr. Swenson was prompted to write this book based on his observations of his patients' increase in depression, chronic fatigue, migraines, back pain and other ailments.
His conclusion is that people's

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A Christmas Gift is a poignant story of a baby and old man who beautifully and unexpectedly illustrate the gift of Christmas. So often we are blinded to the true gifts of life by what we see with our eyes. This small baby, sees beyond the outward appearance into the heart, giving an old rejected man a Christmas gift. Truly, we do need to beco

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Using genealogy is a fun, creative way to cover high school history. Many free online resources are available to gather pertinent information. As your teen gathers information, he or she can record things that affected their ancestors like wars, cultural climate, music, famous people and on and on. Not only will your teen cover the subject of

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I was recently given an opportunity to review a children’s book. I have some pretty strong opinions about children’s books, over some pretty silly things~like font, so I was excited to have an chance to share my thoughts on “I Love You More” by Laura Duksta. The book arrived last week, Thursday I think, and we immediately curled up on the cou

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I needed a craft today, in the worst kind of way. Both my babies were under the weather and the oldest was frustrated by all of her normal school work. With all the cookie making and card making I really didn’t want to start a messy craft; but she needed something fun and creative to do while her little sister napped.

Here is what I found…

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The most organized among us can have our day carefully planned, when out-of the-blue comes an unexpected "call" that we can choose to say "yes" or "no" to. Other times, when life gets in the way, there is no option, we are forced to say "yes", like it or not. When given the choice, how do we decide? When there is no choice, how do we

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The history of my love affair with computers began in 1975 when I joined Canadian Pacific Airlines as a reservation agent. When I first started with the airlines there was no computer system. We took airline reservations on cards and then put them on what looked like a mobile washing line. It then moved round a large room to the front where i

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10 straightforward and practical tips for homeschoolers. Anyone thinking of transitioning to homeschoolinging should read this list. These are also important considerations for experienced homeschoolers.

For example, I'm learning to mind tip #2: "Let go of our grip on fear. Fear is a natural emotion. It tells us things. But if we let it

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Four little girls are dead, murdered by a mother who claimed they were "possessed by demons". Despite contact with numerous government agencies, none of which investigated the reports alluding to Banita Jacks' mental illness, the media blames this tragedy on the lack of supervision of homeschooling families. It's not homeschooling's faul

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