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Jul. 9, 2012
Celebrate Accomplishments
As a child, my summers were filled with activities: Swim team, mission trips, sleepovers, summer camp, camping, travel, hanging out with friends, and--later--work. I'm guessing the same is true for your kids. Returning to school in the Fall was sometimes … Continue reading
Tagged celebrations, Encouragement, extracurricular, forums, summer
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Jul. 6, 2012
It Doesn't Matter What Curriculum You Use
Which curriculum you choose to purchase makes little difference to your student's academic performance. Ouch. Let's take this a step further: The data show it doesn't matter if you are homeschooled or public schooled. In the end, educational outcome boils … Continue reading
Tagged academics, curriculum, education, guarantee, Homeschooling, statistics
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Jul. 4, 2012
Fireworks, Picnics and so much more...
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another… Ahh, Independence Day. From childhood I have loved this day with its picnics, ice-cream, watermelon, fireworks … Continue reading
Tagged books, celebrations, education, family, history, Independence Day, learning, reading, summer
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Jul. 3, 2012
OPoN: Books, Stats, and Dropouts
If you haven't checked out my Other Posts of Note recently, there's some noteworthy stuff in there... including a quick way to shuck corn. But a new stat grabbed my attention. Apparently, 857 students drop out of high school every … Continue reading
Tagged books, Homeschooling, statistics, theology
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Jun. 27, 2012
Historical Fiction, Turing Tests, and Plagiary
Perhaps the Turing Google Doodle had already started my mind turning, but I was intrigued by the Wired blog post about a human-like Twitter bot. Long story short: The bot copies posts and randomly "follows" people on Twitter. A fair … Continue reading
Tagged fiction, history
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Jun. 26, 2012
Summer "School"
In our family we like to say that learning is not just for school time, but rather learning is a lifestyle. My husband and I take advantage of opportunities to teach our children as we go about our daily lives. … Continue reading
Tagged activities, family, learning, nature studies, summer
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