Blog Entries for KarenERelated SearchesSnowy reads for snowy days09 Feb 2007 10:48 PM Snow today! It makes me want to break out the snow books: Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and illustrated by Mary Azarian, is the story of Vermont native Wilson Bentley, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. Nature Study in the Dead of Winter09 Feb 2007 07:59 AM We did a little impromptu nature study yesterday. Temperatures have been in the single digits here in our corner of the world, so we managed to squeeze in this nature study without spending time outdoors. Top Ten Reasons to Homeschool07 Feb 2007 10:22 PM #10. No mad morning dash, trying to have everyone ready to head out the door while it's still dark, no 7 a.m. lunch prep, and no racing through the house at 7:23, frantically searching for a shoe while shrieking, "The bus will be here in two minutes!" #9. Girls like to do math in their pajamas. 3 comments — latest 08 Feb 2007 02:04 PM by Karen Edmisten Our Favorite Literature07 Feb 2007 04:05 PM Or, "What Great Books Have Taught Us." As I've mentioned before, we do a lot of reading around here -- together, alone, silently, aloud. I think of our books as the main and most important curriculum we use, because reading together does more than just impart a good story. Tags: homeschooling | literature | read alouds The Dad in Our Homeschool06 Feb 2007 11:21 PM People often ask if my husband is involved in our homeschooling. They assume that because he is an English teacher in a public high school, he must handle a lot of the teaching of English in our home. Nope. Is a GED necessary?06 Feb 2007 05:55 PM Does a homeschool graduate need a GED (General Equivalency Diploma) in order to be a "real" graduate? Is a homeschool diploma considered a legitimate diploma? 4 comments — latest 16 Feb 2007 08:01 AM by Karen Edmisten The "unschooling" in our homeschool05 Feb 2007 09:40 PM In my last post, I said that we're "Charlotte Mason-Unschooling-Touch-of-Classical-Unit-Study-Book-Loving-Learners." Since I've already covered much of the Charlotte Mason aspect of our homeschool, I'd like to touch on what we do that could be called "unschooling. Tags: homeschooling | unschooling Homeschooling Week in Review: January 27 - February 2, 200704 Feb 2007 07:46 AM We covered a wide variety of topics on the Homeschool blog this week, from dust bunnies to the Titanic. Mixed-up Methods03 Feb 2007 11:28 AM With all my talk about Charlotte Mason recently, readers are surely thinking, "Wow, she's a confirmed Charlotte Mason-ite. Clearly, that's her method. She sure loves Charlotte. Yessirree, no doubt about it. That Karen is a CM-er." Well, yes. No. Maybe. Well, part of the time. Charlotte Mason: What's the Point of Copywork?02 Feb 2007 10:03 AM In this series of posts on CM methods, I've covered several of Charlotte Mason's ideas about education. Today, I'd like to touch on one that doesn't always get quite as much coverage as "living books" and narrations. 3 comments — latest 24 Mar 2007 07:16 AM by Senee Tags: charlotte mason | copywork | education | homeschool | writing |
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