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November 17th, 2009

Sonlight: A More Specific Schedule

I posted about multi-level homeschooling with Sonlight and Celee at  Miscellaneous Musings of a 5X Mom wondered, “Since this is my first year using Sonlight and I have little ones, too, I’d love a more specific break-down of your schedule.  Do you do your read aloud time all at once or do you break it [...]

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  1. Multi-level Homeschooling: Our Schedule
  2. Multi-Level Homeschooling with Sonlight
  3. Five in a Row and Sonlight
  4. The Schedule
  5. Daily Bible Reading

November 6th, 2009

Five in a Row and Sonlight

Kelli emailed to say,  ”Just wondering if you knew what the major difference is in Five-In-A-Row and Sonlight??  Any suggestions on where to find them cheaper, I’ve been looking on ebay??”

I actually use both Five in a Row and Sonlight. The concept between the two are quite similar.  Each is based on great literature, neither [...]

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  1. Sonlight: A More Specific Schedule
  2. Multi-Level Homeschooling with Sonlight
  3. KinderBach: Review
  4. The Mystery of History: Vol. 2 – Review
  5. Incorporating Hands-On into Homeschool

September 29th, 2009

Multi-Level Homeschooling with Sonlight

I mentioned in one of my last question and answer posts that our family has successfully used Sonlight Curriculum as a basis for multi-level teaching in our home.  Many of you were interested in a more detailed post about Sonlight pros and cons and using it with multi-levels.

If you haven’t read my previous posts on [...]

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  1. Multi-level Homeschooling: Our Schedule
  2. Sonlight: A More Specific Schedule
  3. Homeschooling Multi-grades: Have Questions?
  4. Multi-level Homeschooling: Little Ones Part 1
  5. Multi-level Homeschooling: The Homeschool Room

September 22nd, 2009

You Asked: Homeschool Curriculum, Year Round School, and Fitting it All In

You all are doing great at asking questions.  I, on the other hand, am not doing so well at keeping up, but the great thing is that I have no shortage of things to post about. 

Vicki emailed and asked, “So my question is about school. Do you use a particular curriculum or make [...]

Related posts:

  1. Homeschool Curriculum Reviews
  2. Multi-Level Homeschooling with Sonlight
  3. Sonlight: A More Specific Schedule
  4. You Asked: Cloth Diapers, Potty Training and Cross Country
  5. Five in a Row and Sonlight