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Entries from November 2007

How would you deal with this family situation

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Hey I justs got this email from my friend and I am not sure how to respond:
“God give me strength. I was at a meeting when K brought home her  report card Thursday It was BAD, like 30% Bad. DH (step-Dad)told  her she apparently had too many distractions (said with sense, not anger) […]

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How to deal with name calling.

November 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Our boy sometimes calls me ‘silly‘ which I see as a type of name calling which needs to be dealt with.
I find it important to address why something is being said straight away. I’m more
worried about why my little boy feels the need to call anyone silly and what he’s learning about himself […]

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Thanksgiving or ThanksTaking?

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

I have a few friends who mark Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning. Yet I also know plenty who observe Thanksgiving as a day of celebrating the harvest, honoring tradition and our ancestors - after the corn was all dried, pumpkins sliced and the wild plumbs brought in, it was a time for giving […]

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Bed Wetting - Could it be allergy related?

November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

We recently discovered that High Fructose Corn Syrup makes my son Bed Wet. He’s 5 and was clearly unable to control it. He has been pottying well now for a couple years, but then we let him have a wider range of Halloween candy this year and he started wetting the bed each night and […]

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Can Homeschoolers fundraise for cash?

November 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I was thinking today. Public schools are apparently consistently short of cash, and many extra curricular programs are. One of the main reasons someof us find ourselves getting opposition to homeschooling is “but think of all they’ll miss out on!” And we respond “yes, but just look at all the opportunities out there.”
The […]

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How to travel with your baby without Dad

November 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ok some of you may have come across this problem when going on holiday and I thought it was best that I outline exactly what you need to do.

To be honest it’s really simple, remember that baby needs a passport and do take a copy of baby’s birth certificate with you.
You will also need a […]

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Homeschool Magazines

November 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Here are some suggestions for children’s magazines that will help your child learn to read and learn about the world through some fun, playful activities you can do together at home. While all of these magazines are available by subscription, most libraries carry them as well. You might consider buying one subscription for your family […]

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25 things to tell homeschool haters

November 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This blog has a fair few people who I like to call “homeschool haters” I’m sure you have met these people: “Hey just send your kids to school, weirdo!”…etc It’s ironic that its these people who often lack many of the skills that schools are meant give us. Well I fond a great way to […]

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Bottles for breast feeded babies!

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Hey Just got this email from a friend that I thought I should share with you guys.
Q: I am going to buy a bottle and see if my son will accept it. My other boys hated bottles, so far thisone won’t take one either. Anyway just wondering if there is a bottle
out there […]

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John Holt (The Underachieving School, 1969)

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Education is something that a person gets for himself, not that which someone else gives or does to him.
What young people need and want to get from their education is: one, a greater understanding of the world around them; two, a greater development of themselves; three, a chance to find their work, that is, a […]

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