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25 of the best Brené Brown quotes
By Kristen Chase. If your Facebook feed is like mine, it’s overrun by quotes. So is my Twitter feed. And I admit that I’m generally not a fan of them, because in a way, I feel as though the time...
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Classroom Opportunities for Homeschoolers
By Kristen Chase. As this school comes to an end, I’m looking forward to next year with great anticipation as I will have not one, but now two official homeschool students as my son officially enters...
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A little Ryan Gosling meme for homeschoolers
By Kristen Chase. It’s widely known around my small circle on the Internet that I’m a fan of Canadian Ryans. Well, two in particular: Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling. So you probably are not surprised...
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6 ways our family uses the iPad
By Kristen Chase. My family is a big fan of the iPad, a gadget I purchased when it first came out for my work as co-publisher of Cool Mom Tech, but one that has now become a fixture in our household...
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A Good App is Hard to Find
By Kristen Chase. Since so many of you asked for app recommendations in my post last week about how our family uses the iPad, I thought that I would follow up that post and share some of our favorite...
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3 Parent-tested Ways to Teach Responsibility
By Kristen Chase. With summer officially here, we’ve handed in our final attendance report and are focused on a different type of learning in my house: responsibility. Yes, I’ve already written about...
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Should kids have e-readers?
By Kristen Chase. A few months ago, when my husband upgraded to a Kindle Fire, we decided that we’d allow our daughter (soon-to-be 8 ) to use his old Kindle e-reader. As an avid reader, our daughter...
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There’s nothing like a book.
By Kristen Chase. As much as I love technology and support its use for kids, especially my own, there’s just nothing like a real book. I realized this when I experienced a wave of nostalgia this past...
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Parental bias in homeschooling
By Kristen Chase. Last week, a friend of mine shared a post with me about the downsides of homeschooling. Unlike many that I’ve read that have been written by educators or folks who have never...
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Homeschool Co-op Spotlight: The Mable House Arts Center
By Kristen Chase. With school starting in a matter of weeks down here in Atlanta, I thought I’d take this opportunity to spotlight our family’s homeschool cooperative, The Mable House Arts Center, a...
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Community Question: Time Spent on Elementary Subjects?
Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the...
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Why Your Junior High Student Needs This World History (up to 1650) Reader List
By Heather Sanders I have never taken a history textbook to bed. Never. Bulleted lists of names and dates never grasped my attention to the point that I had to force myself to close the book and turn...
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Community Question: Reading and Spelling Skills
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25 Idioms To Teach Your Kids During the Dog Days of Summer
By Heather Sanders I’m curious. Can you name five idioms at the drop of a hat? I realize it might be asking you to bite off more than you can chew, but can you? How about your kids? No? Folks, that’s...
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Community Question: Getting a “Leg Up” Over the Summer
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Community Subjects: Film Making and Academics
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Big Science Quiz: Wednesday Night!
It’s been awhile since the last quiz here, so let’s jump back in with a big SCIENCE quiz! Here are the details. WHAT: Big Science Quiz! WHEN: Wednesday, July 29, 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 Central WHERE:...
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Big Science Quiz: Enter Now!
Time for the big Science quiz! TO ENTER To enter the quiz, answer the questions below. ***SELECT THE BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER*** Winners will be announced Thursday night! PRIZES * First person who...
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Science Quiz: Answers and Winners!
Great job on the quiz, everyone! Here are the stats, answers, and winners! STATS 2,946 players took the quiz. 433 scored 100% The question most people got right (98%) was…#3! The question missed the...
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Aceable Parent Taught Drivers Ed: Review & Giveaway
By Heather Sanders THE 3 WINNERS OF THE “ACEABLE PARENT TAUGHT DRIVERS ED: REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY” ARE: 1st Winner: (1) Aceable Drivers Ed Course + (1) iPad Mini Ashley – (Comment #177) 2nd Winner: (1)...
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