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What Happens When you Anger 24,000+ Homeschoolers?
Back Pedaling Yesterday I wrote to you and told you about a proposed legislative bill in the state of Ohio, of which I am a resident. This bill, introduced on December 3, if it were to stand, would effectively eliminate a parents right to make educational decisions for their children and put that right solely in the hands of the very agency that failed to protect the child this bill supposedly is written for, Child Protective Custody. At that time the senator who introduced the bill made this statement on her facebook page. On December the 13th HSLDA wrote a legislative alert giving all of the pertinent details, but stated…
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New Homeschool Laws Proposed for Ohio
Lift Our Voices as One and Let Freedom Ring LOUD! I was stunned yesterday when this story showed up in my news feed. Worst-Ever Homeschool Law Proposed in Ohio. It’s an article from HSLDA so I knew I could trust the source. Ohio is generally considered to have moderate laws by which to homeschool. Those outside the state when seeing or hearing the requirements often think they are stringent. Yet, some of our senators are proposing change, major change! The reason for this proposed law? About a year ago, very tragically, a young man died at the hands of an abusive adult. The tragedy of that event is sorrowful to…
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Math Defined with Dictionary
Making Math Simple I’m one of those homeschool moms who gets more than a little nervous about teaching math. It’s kind of scary in fact. I know I’m not alone in this, so often I hear moms say “I dread teaching upper level math.” For me upper level math started last year and continues this year. As an affiliate blogger for Prufrock Press I am so thankful that I was given to review Math Dictionary for Kids, written by Theresa R. Fitzgerald. Whenever we have questions about spelling, definitions of words, or even grammar we pull a dictionary off the shelf and at our fingertips we find the answers to…
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This Week…Winter & Rest
Illness in the Homeschool Over last weekend we like many of you received about 4 inches of snow, most of which is still on the ground. This week Little Man went to homeschool gym on Monday. By Tuesday morning he had a fever, vomiting and cough. So this has been a very quiet week in our home. Rest was the order of the week. As you can see I’ve been working on a blog redesign with hopefully more to come. What do you think so far? How about you? What was your homeschool week like? An InLinkz Link-up
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Why I Use Online Math Lessons: An Uzinggo Review
Online Math Lessons With Uzinggo you can teach using online math lessons and science lessons with their interactive program. Since math is my weakness and Little Man’s strongest area of work, I was thrilled when Uzinggo offered to sponsor this review post. They provided me with a free subscription to their math and science lessons in exchange for my honest review of their online program. Be sure to read more about Uzinggo’s online home school resources, then register below for the Giveaway of one of their Ultimate Packages. As a homeschool mom to an advanced learner who is especially gifted in math, I am always looking for programs which can help me to…
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This Week…Working Alone
Independent Work Seeing your child learning to show independent work in homeschool is both priceless and bittersweet. I remember when we were doing “2nd & 3rd grades” that I would think ‘Shouldn’t he be working alone by now?’ (The answer is a little but mostly no.) I would get overwhelmed and frustrated because I had housework to do and phone calls to make, laundry to fold, etc. Yet, my very intelligent son still needed me to hold his hand and approve each step of his lessons. That was tiring. Now as he has finally reached a stage of mostly independence I miss those days when he needed me more.…
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This Week: Schooling Around Thanksgiving
Keeping on Task Digital Planner Makes My Life Easier This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure for full information. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. This as you know has been Thanksgiving week. I had originally planned to take the entire week off, but after taking that unplanned week off in October, I decided to just stick with it and get it done. The new Digital Planner from Applecore Systems that I have been using is proving to be invaluable it is making my life so much easier. I was able to print each of the lessons for the week, and take them along on our trip to WV…
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Applecore Homeschool Digital Planner at 1/2 Price
Save Time with Digital Record Keeping I know you are enjoying some awesome family time, delicious food and quality time relaxing before heading out for a busy shopping weekend.I’ve been away visiting family in WV. Before I left I sat down to plan lessons for the next couple of weeks using Applecore Systems. As I’m returning home I discovered that they, an affiliate, Applecore Systems are hosting a giveaway for an Annual Renewal for their members. Applecore is a an online digital record keeping system and homeschool planner. I’ve been using their Gold Plan (which I received free for the review that is coming soon) for the last few weeks.…
