By Milehimama on Aug 8, 2010 in Homeschool | 7 Comments
Don’t forget to update your feed so you don’t miss any posts! I’m busy this week planning out our lessons, so here’s a {slightly updated} rerun from 2008 on how I plan to incorporate all the different philosophies I want to use into our homeschool. The St. Joseph Academy for Wayward Children is an eclectic [...]
By Milehimama on Aug 4, 2010 in Glamour of a SAHMer, Schooling | 5 Comments
One odd thing I never thought I’d be doing as a stay at home mom was organizing and cleaning learning spaces. That’s what we’re doing this week, though. It seems I get dissatisfied every year before school starts, as though if I could just find the perfect place for the desk everything else will fall [...]
By Milehimama on Jun 30, 2010 in Progeny, Why We Homeschool | 5 Comments
Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done before. I allowed my 12 year old and 11 year old to stay home, alone, while I ran to the bank . I packed everyone else up and took them with me, but SQUEE! The days when they can mind the baby for me are coming ever closer! [...]
By Milehimama on Jun 21, 2010 in Pinching Pennies, Schooling | 0 Comments
Check out my post at The Homeschool Classroom!
By Milehimama on Jun 21, 2010 in Schooling | 8 Comments
It’s been a while since I updated this series, partly because I needed to wait to see how everything ended up. No, my blog is not in real time. Sorry to disappoint! Ok, so in Part 1 I shared how Mr R got himself expelled from homeschool, and then gave some background to his bipolar [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 19, 2010 in Schooling | 28 Comments
I was browsing high school summer reading lists, and I am QUITE SURPRISED to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on MORE THAN ONE of them. It’s an entertaining read, but college prep? Really? I’m making a list of must read books, and I would love it if you would please contribute! What are your favorite, [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 12, 2010 in Schooling | 0 Comments
I was on the homeschool Twitter chat (#hsc, next one on May 10!) and someone shared this link. Almost 120 different homeschool classrooms. If you need me, you know where I’ll be!
By Milehimama on Mar 15, 2010 in Bipolar, Mr R, Schooling, Special Needs | 4 Comments
Last week, I wrote about Mr R, my oldest son, and the new difficulties arising this year, and how he ended up being expelled from homeschool. I thought I’d give a bit more background. I don’t know why things started slipping. Is it because he’s eleven now, with adolescence looming on the horizon? Is it [...]
By Milehimama on Mar 11, 2010 in Mr R, Schooling, Special Needs | 11 Comments
This post is difficult to write. The negatives of homeschooling are rarely discussed among homeschoolers. There are so many attacks from so many angles without homeschool moms giving opponents fodder. Those of you who would crow triumphantly “See! I told you!”, this post is not for you. Homeschool mamas wondering why your school day isn’t [...]
By Milehimama on Dec 22, 2009 in Mama Says Randomness, Schooling | 4 Comments
If your son doesn’t like spelling and really struggles with a particular word, make that word the password for the computer. He’ll memorize it in no time flat. I like to make a fruit platter for Christmas morning. Easy and make ahead. And we always have star fruit (carambola). So festive! We bought our tires [...]
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