May-June 2012

Indefinable

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Emily McIntyre realizes homeschooling mothers can live a life without limits.

Emily McIntyre explores the new way of working in today’s world. Indefinable ‘employment scenarios’ ‘what do you do’ is changing. ( added by editor) When I was a kid, well-meaning teachers, relatives, and crooning adults asked me what I was going to be when I grew up. This was irregardless of the fact that...
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Lessons from the Sugar Bush

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Best part of running the sugarbush, was Grandpa sharing the experience with the kids, which always makes any adventure, learning or otherwise, way more fun.

In the May-June 2012 issue of Home Education Magazine Caroline Kiberd shares time honored Lessons from the Sugarbush “Does it hurt the tree?” my daughter asked with a worried tone as her brother drilled a hole into the old sugar maple. “Not a bit,” I explained. “And it will heal right back up when...
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Socializing Remy

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Unlike Remy's socialization, 'school socialization' is essentially a management strategy, and it imparts certain ideas, habits, and values – none very positive for kids or society.

David Albert address the “S” word in his I My Word column, Socializing Remy This year (as some of you, dear readers, are already well aware), we got a new puppy, a delightful Welsh terrier named Remy. We purchased him from a 13-year-old homeschooler in Kansas who is breeding Welsh terriers to pay for...
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Amateur Power: Citizen Science is Made for Beginners

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Citizen Science program are a great way to get involved with real science projects.

Nancy Walters shares her family’s experience with Cornell University’s Citizen Science programs in her piece Amateur Power: Citizen Science is Made for Beginners When you tag a monarch butterfly, you have to take it slowly, work gently. My daughter moved in slow motion, completely focused, as she attached a tiny, adhesive circle to a...
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