May
15
Banning homeschooling has a surprisingly weird history in the evolution of education in the United States. We're uncovering the astonishing and often bizarre twists and turns of home education — from ancient laws that forced kids into traditional schools to modern-day debates about parental rights and educational freedom. Join us...
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May
05
Mom Tired Blast From The Past: July 2006 Every year we have a "friends" Thanksgiving, a Friendsgiving, if you will. EDITED TO ADD IN CURRENT DAY: I think it's only fair that we all acknowledge that I was calling friend Thanksgiving "Friendsgiving" way, way, WAY before it became a catchphrase....
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May
04
Mom Tired Blast From The Past: July 2006 We have used books at our store. This means that the books undergo a rigorous cleaning process before we put them out for sale (mostly me picking off the old price tags with the nub of a fingernail I have left). I...
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May
03
Mom Tired Blast From The Past: July 2006 Every morning on my way to the bookstore I stop at the gas station. You know, the ones that have everything you need - groceries, pastries, pizza/sandwiches, sodas, sausages on those weird roll-y things. Every morning I get a big 32 oz....
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May
02
Do you know about Flipboard for homeschooling and parenting tips? I'm always looking for fun ways to learn and this is a great way to discover new learning topics, craft ideas, and kids' activities to add to your lessons and teaching ideas! I've put together the ultimate guide to using...
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May
01
Mom Tired Blast From The Past: September 2006 Ok, so, I'm opening my very own independent bookstore. It's a cute little thing, in a quaint little old building with tons of character, and sits right on the water. I rent the building, which means I have a landlord. (This will...
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Apr
21
WARNING: We're living in the Wild West of online times and are at the beginning of an uphill battle in parenting and teaching kids in the AI era. Things seem real that aren't real (I see you AI recipes), human videos just seem weird, kids have access to "AI Boyfriends,"...
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Mar
16
It's hard homeschooling in spring with spring fever! That magical time of year when the flowers bloom, the birds sing, and homeschool parents everywhere start to twitch at the want for more seasonal kids' activities outside while balancing the need to finish algebra and assessments. We have six homeschool tips...
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Mar
14
Have you thought about helping homeschool kids build their armor and life skills while they're still at home with you? It can be armor from homeschooling judgment or a way to understand and deal with what people think about them or what others are saying about them. Here's our personal...
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Feb
15
Fun galaxy lesson plan ideas and astronomy kids activities that cover STEM topics like lunar eclipse and solar eclipse project ideas, eclipse viewer crafts, galaxies activities and games, astronomy research project ideas, sun, moon and stars lesson plans, space exploration learning, solstices, and more science fun for kids K-12! Best...
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