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March 11th, 2010

4 Moms, 35 Kids - Our Schedule

This week 4 Moms will be talking about scheduling.  Be sure to visit the other 3 Moms to hear different perspectives and ideas and don’t miss next week when we all live blog how a day REALLY goes with real time updates.

Life in a Shoe
The Common Room
Smockity Frocks

I’m a schedule person.  I’m also a “drop [...]

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December 16th, 2009

What Do You Do When You're Overwhelmed?

Amy says you should Be a Quitter.

This is what our family does when we’re expecting a baby:  no company, no extra activities, no deep cleaning, no fancy meals (unless we can pull them out of the freezer ) and lots less blogging.  We do keep up with laundry, do basic chores and spend [...]

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September 1st, 2009

Multi-level Homeschooling: Little Ones Part 2

Little Ones Part 1

Our School Room

The majority of the time that I spend working with the children on school is spent reading aloud and discussion.   This time generally takes upwards of 2 hours each day.  In addition to this we often read aloud for fun  in the afternoons and evenings.  Most of this reading [...]

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August 5th, 2009

You Asked: Character Training, Alone Time, Another Olive?

Another post in which I attempt to answer some more of your questions.  By the way, questions are wonderful because 1.) they prove that someone is reading the blog, 2.) it means that you are thinking about what you read, 3.) it gives me great post ideas.    So if you have questions ask away!

Amberlyn asked, [...]

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August 4th, 2009

Multi-level Homeschooling: Our Schedule

Well, since there seems to be a lot of interest in mulit-level homeschooling, I thought I would start with giving you our general schedule grouped by big kids and little kids and then eventually go into specifics of how each time period works.

This schedule in some form or another has been in place for nearly [...]

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