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Homeschool Tall Tale: My Child Must Do Every Single Exercise In Every Single Textbook

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Can a homeschool student experience “homeschool burnout?” Absolutely, homeschool moms can experience burnout, why should it be any different for the homeschool student? What causes us to “burn out”? • Overextending ourselves • Not being prepared • Spending too much time away from home • Choosing too many “good” activities instead of the “best” activities [...]

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Homeschool Tall Tale: There Is a Perfect Curriculum; You Just Haven’t Found It Yet.

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Unschooling, unit studies, self-directed learning, traditional curriculum, delight-directed learning, classical studies, principle approach. Homeschoolers use all of these educational methods successfully. How can all of these methods work? Surely, there has to be the “perfect” curriculum and you just haven’t found it – yet. If you are struggling with the curriculum that you’re using, it [...]

Homeschool Tall Tale: If You Homeschool Through High School, Your Children Will Have Gaps In Their Education.

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Every single person has some gaps in his education, and that’s all right. If you’re honest with yourself, you have to admit that you have learning gaps too. We all do. The purpose of a quality education is not to teach your student everything they will ever need to know by the time they graduate. [...]

The Ten Commandments-Minnesota Style

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I’m in Minnesota visiting my mom and my sister & family and having a blast.  We had a birthday party for my 97 year old mom. She really enjoyed her party. One morning while sitting around after breakfast, my brother-in-law handed me a copy of the Ten Commandments, Minnesota style. I just had to share [...]