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Mean Ol’ Schoolmarm: “Gage” or “Gauge”
By Heather Sanders For those of you who have ever asked yourself whether to use the word gage or gauge when writing, this post is for you. And for those who know the difference and never have tripped...
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GEOGRAPHY Quiz: Enter Now!
It’s time for the big Geography, Capitals, and Current Events Quiz! Let’s see how well you know your stuff. ***Update: The question about which state capital had the biggest population has been...
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Geography Quiz: Answers and Winners!
Great job on the quiz, guys! I’ll admit it was a little bit of a toughie. Here are the stats, answers, and winners! STATS 28,679 people took the quiz. 1,852 people scored 100% The question most...
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Community Question: Motivating 7th-Grade Boy
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7 Years of Proof That What Works Today Probably Won’t Tomorrow
By Heather Sanders The greatest but perhaps most humbling part about blogging here for nearly seven years is reading my contributor archives. Because people, I am like a switchback going up the side...
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Get Rid of Your Homeschooling Doubts Once and for All
By Heather Sanders You just bumped into one of your friends you haven’t seen in years, and you immediately remember she doesn’t know you’re homeschooling. The last time you two talked you were heading...
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How to Use Your Homeschooling Wisdom to Help Others
By Heather Sanders It is no wonder parents considering homeschooling for the first time get overwhelmed. If you search Google for “homeschool curriculum” it turns up 1,590,000 results. At least, that...
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Community Question: High School Online Summer Courses?
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7 Little-known (And Slightly Weird) Holidays in May
By Heather Sanders May is just moments away. Fine–days away. You are tired. Your kids are tired. You’re doubling up on some lessons and wrapping up others, but every day is a discipline in...
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Community Question: Algebra for a Kinesthetic Learner
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The Shocking Truth About Homeschooling Experts
By Heather Sanders When I first chose to homeschool, I was a mess. I had no idea what direction to go, what curriculum to use, or where to look to find my answers. I would have given my eye teeth for...
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7 Ways to Make Elementary Math More Fun
By Heather Sanders At the time I’m writing this, it is 11:45 pm and my night owl is more than an hour into tomorrow’s school day. I don’t know how she does it. My brain moved to sludge somewhere around...
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Community Question: Should We Stay or Go?
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How to Raise Lifelong Learners Without Being a Hypocrite
By Heather Sanders I’m tired. It’s a good tired, a contented, job well done tired, but tired all the same. In the last week of March, I enrolled in a guest blogging course to learn how to be a better...
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How Blogs Make Homeschooling Less Lonely
By Heather Sanders I’ve been blogging about homeschooling for years; in fact, my first post published here was in September 2008. That’s hard to believe. Many of you blog about homeschooling too;...
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Community Question: Partially Homeschooling Abroad
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Absolutely Unnecessary School Supplies, Part III
By Heather Sanders Do you have a weakness for absolutely unnecessary school supplies? What about office supplies, in general? Then, you’re in good company. I love office supplies. As in, I...
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Community Question: Can a “Work Away from Home” Mom Homeschool?
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Memorial Day: A Day for Remembering
Photo Source: Beverly on Flickr By Heather Sanders I wish Memorial Day came at a different time of year. Not because I don’t want to celebrate it. I do. Not because it isn’t a significant day on the...
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Looking for World History Readers (Up to 1650)
By Heather Sanders In two weeks, Kenny will complete the History and Geography 700 course available through Alpha Omega Publications’ Monarch curriculum. The course surveyed the social sciences,...
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