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The Top Five Things We Learned in our First Year of Full-Time Homeschool

The Top Five Things We Learned in our First Year of Full-Time Homeschool

Well, we made it! Our “last day of school” was just over a week ago!  Yet, even as we prepared to celebrate that milestone with homemade certificates and unconventional pomp and circumstance (aka running through the sprinkler in the backyard), I found myself hesitating to use the words “last day.”  One of the things we’ve discovered this year is that learning can happen every day, anytime, anywhere.  So instead of imposing an “end” to the learning and sending the signal…

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“Tootie’s Table”

“Tootie’s Table”

As we near the end of our first year of full-time home schooling (prepare for celebratory post next week), my heart has been calling me to talk about “Tootie’s Table”…because, well, that’s where our home school takes place and might just have been where this whole inspiration began. “Tootie” was the affectionate name given to my maternal grandmother, Lutie.  And, Tootie was a teacher.  Not just any teacher, she was one of the best.  When she was still with us,…

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On Learning

On Learning

Ok, first I feel the need to address the elephant in the room.  (Well, it may be an elephant only to me, but still I feel the need to address it.)  It’s been a minute since I’ve written a post.  Ok, more than a minute…it’s been six weeks.  Six weeks. Yikes! But, as much as I’m kicking myself for getting off-track, I’m also realizing how much I’ve missed this.  So, we’re back.  And just like I tell kids when they…

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“The Moments Between”

“The Moments Between”

In my acting classes, I’m always asking my students to think about the “moments between.”  What is the thought that the character has between those two lines of dialogue?  How does the reaction to what just happened inform the thought process, and therefore what they choose to do or say next.  It’s one of my favorite parts of script analysis.   But lately, I’ve been thinking about “the moments between” of my own life, lived in real-time. I am wondering if…

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“Unexpected”

“Unexpected”

The tale of a homeschooling family that never thought they could That’s us.  Yup, we were like the reverse of that Little Blue Engine that “thought she could.”  We swore we couldn’t, we wouldn’t, we didn’t want to…homeschool our children, that is. And some days I still can’t believe that we took the leap.  But, without doubt, it is the best thing that has ever happened for our little family.  We want to share our story for two reasons: First,…

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