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Busy-ness and Busy Work
The Trap of Homeschool Busy-Work This Post Contains Affiliate Links: See my Disclosure for more details. Thank you for your support of Great Peace Academy. I’ve found this year that my family is quite busy. With school commitments like swim class, piano class, co-op and field trips, and church commitments like teaching Bible Class, ladies classes and…
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Answering the Homeschool Socialization Question
Explore how in homeschooling socialization takes an holistic approach, dispelling isolation myths, and emphasizing real-world life skills.
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Learning outside the Box: Of Pizza and Crackers
Sometimes, we have to think inside the box in order to learn outside the box (curriculum box) to accomplish our educational goals. This week it was a pizza box and a graham cracker box. Jonathan is studying fractions in math. He is learning to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators, mixed numbers and simplifying. A friend of…
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Homeschool Goals = An Arrow in the Hand
Homeschool Education Goals for Our Little Man Disclosure: This Post contains Affiliate Link which may result in paid compensation for purchases made at external sites. Thank you for supporting Great Peace Academy. “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.” Psalm 127:3-5 This verse is a reminder to me of what…
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A Typical Day and Unexpected Learning
Learning to Adapt in Order to Accomplish Tasks So maybe your wondering what a typical day looks like in a homeschool classroom. We are fortunate enough to have a nice classroom set up. Jonathan has a student desk and next to it is a small table for keeping his supplies on. I have a desk, which is really an…
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Who is Teaching Whom? Gifted Teaching
Multiple Grade Level Learning You would think that home education with only one child would get monotonous, same old stuff day in and day out. I will admit, that sometimes during the winter months it can feel like that. Most of the time, however, the excitement I see on my son’s face as he learns new concepts, is just…
