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By KristinN, on October 27th, 2008 Did you ever dream of getting a horse for Christmas? You can get a sneak peek of our Fall issue and see Nancy Carter’s first horse! The Old SchoolHouse Magazine.Oh, and she’s not the only one sharing her childhood pictures. You’ll see photos from the 50’s through the 80’s.But, you’ll need the Fall issue
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By KristinN, on October 27th, 2008 I was so excited the other day to get a big box on my front door and in this box was a beautiful nativity set just right for children to play and learn with. My kids tore through the box and started playing with it right away. I was going to put it back in
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By KristinN, on October 24th, 2008 Now first let me say that I am not a reader. When I first set out to homeschool I got book upon book upon book on how to homeschool, different curriculum’s to choose from and general education books. Did I read them all cover to cover? No! I skimmed over each book. Read the table
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By KristinN, on October 16th, 2008 So here I am once again writing about politics. For those of you who have known me for most of my life, you know this is not me! However, this year is so important to our country not only who we vote for but on several of the propositions. So instead of preaching about prop
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By KristinN, on October 15th, 2008 Our state Assembly has put forth bill A3123, which seeks to highly regulate homeschoolers. We will all pay higher school property taxes if the bill passes.A3123 will force every homeschooling family to be evaluated as to whether their education is appropriate. However, “appropriate education” is not defined in the bill. We know from experience that
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By KristinN, on October 14th, 2008 Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets. Real Mothers don’t want to know what the
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By KristinN, on October 12th, 2008 The Familyman Todd Wilson, Familyman Ministries
Let me just jump in and say that the computer is a great tool for homeschooling families. We use it for typing, piano, math, and grammar. The computer allows our children to learn at their own pace and get hands on instruction. . .sometimes from a person
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By KristinN, on October 4th, 2008 The Old School House. I have been a subscriber for a couple years now. As a matter of fact I use to have a subscription to 4 different ones when I first started homeschooling. As I became more confident in homeschooling I realized I only needed one magazine to fill my needs. That was The
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By KristinN, on October 3rd, 2008 I had a chance to review a site for teachers and homeschoolers. This site has over 2,000 links to educational sites for parents, students and teachers. The person who put this site together was a teacher for 40 years. And Help me 2 Teach was created to enable us to use these links for a
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By KristinN, on October 1st, 2008 On the Homeschool Blogger the following question/comment was written. I had a few things to ask her. Read on after her question for my answer to her.
Dear Minute to Minute Readers, I am a homeschooling mom of two. My daughter is 7 (almost 8), and my son is 5. I am feeling guilty for
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