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Updating Our Homeschool Space
May 16, 2012
Heather L
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Updating Our Homeschool Space

Posted in Homemaking, and Homeschooling

As Munchkin travels through her homeschooling journey, we constantly find ourselves needing to adjust her subjects and schooling style. Often, these adjustments lead to changes in our homeschool area(s) and homeschool book/supply organization. Recently, we found that our previous setup was no longer working for us. We weren’t really utilizing the separate space as we have started schooling in the living room rather than upstairs. Munchkin was keeping her supplies in a basket, but this looked cluttered and took up too much space. It was also hard to keep the books looking nice when they were being stored in the…

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What is Real Learning?
April 6, 2012
Heather L
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What is Real Learning?

Posted in Homeschooling

When I saw this quote, I knew that I needed to design a graphic/poster with it. It’s so true. “I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. A school curriculum that values questions above answers… creativity above fact regurgitation… individuality above conformity.. and excellence above standardized performance….. And we must reject all notions of ‘reform’ that serve up more of the same: more testing, more ‘standards’, more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.” ~Tom Peters~ This is one of the reasons that we homeschool. We…

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