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How Parent Entrepreneurs Give Kids Freedom to Take Risks
By Heather Sanders My friend Jessica is a third-generation inventor. Over the past fourteen years of our friendship, we occasionally have talked about what it was like for her growing up as the...
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7 Time-management Secrets Every Homeschooling Mom Should Know
Leaning back on her elbows atop a handmade quilt she brought for us to sit on, my friend didn’t appear to have a care in the world. She smiled as she watched her kids playing hide-and-seek using the...
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How to Fail Standardized Tests and Still Be Smart
I received an 880 on my SAT in the Spring of my Senior year. I did not take any prep courses, didn’t even know they were available, and I can’t remember any of my friends taking them either. As you...
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The Insomniac’s Guide to Homeschooling at Night
My daughter Meredith is a night owl. It isn’t a new development; she was the child we had to lock IN her room at night once she learned to walk and turn a doorknob. Some people may think we were cruel...
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Community Question: CollegePlus?
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How to Be a Confident Homeschooling Momma (Even if You’re Not)
I’ve been homeschooling for several years now, and I think of myself as a confident homeschooling parent. That’s not to say I don’t second guess decisions I make from time to time. I do. That’s not to...
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4 Apps to Archive Your Kids’ Amazing Artwork
At the start of last week, while standing at the checkout at our local office supplies store, I realized markers weren’t on the list. I left the house with the kids’ supplies list, which included...
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Community Question: How to Start a Homeschooling Co-op?
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Can’t Keep up? 11 Ways to Simplify Choosing Next Year’s Homeschool Curriculum
By Heather Sanders It’s April, and your friends and favorite homeschool bloggers are already talking about their curriculum choices for next year. You’re thinking, “You’ve got to be kidding me!”...
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Twenty Interesting Things About…The Ampersand
By Heather Sanders Sometimes I work hard to find a topic I want to blog about, and at other times the topic shouts at me from two or three different places until I sit down and write it out. This post...
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Community Question: School Hours & Subjects Suggestions
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Don’t Make These 7 Mistakes When Studying
By Heather Sanders Most of the readers here are educators, but you are not the target audience for this particular post, which focuses on high school level kids, regardless of where their education...
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Geography, Capitals, and Current Events Quiz: Wednesday!
It’s been awhile since the last geography quiz, so we’ll be having one here tomorrow night! This one will be a little more eclectic in nature, with an emphsis on capitals along with plenty of current...
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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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