Five Ideas for High School Co-op Classes

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  Last year, my oldest homeschooler entered the high school years. This was a little bit of a daunting milestone, as keeping a transcript and tracking credits felt like the kind of unchartered territory that was going to send me running for the safety net of the high school registrar’s office. Thankfully, I’ve been blessed
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A Pinch of Patience

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  My kitchen is covered in powdered sugar. This is a result of my nine-year-old learning how to use the stand mixer while, at the same time, learning the meaning of the phrase, “add sugar gradually.” I’m trying not to think about how I will wipe the sugar dust from the lighting fixtures, and focus
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Perfectly Imperfect

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  I’m in the process of making over an old dresser. It’s an old, claw-footed beauty I inherited from my grandmother. Come to think of it, this isn’t the first transition this lovely piece has seen. In the years since I’ve been blessed to keep it, it’s been painted, decorated, and repurposed a handful of
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4 Summer Learning Ideas for Homeschooled Teens

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  Do you hear that? It’s the sound of crickets, fireworks, a car radio, and kids splashing in a pool. Okay, so maybe you don’t really hear them just yet, but summer is so close, you can almost hear the sounds of the season, can’t you? As someone who lives in a climate where winter
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Just Trust

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  Friends, I have a confession to make: Sometimes this homeschooling gig gets hard. That’s not quite the big reveal you were expecting, was it? As a matter of fact, if you’ve been homeschooling for more than a week, you already know this. So, no, that’s not really the whole of my confession (but wait,
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Stop Stressing Your To-Do List

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  It’s midnight and I can feel myself fading, finally snug enough in my cocoon of blankets to drift off to sleep.  The sound of snoring (is that my husband or the dog?) can’t even stop this slumber now, as I tumble deep into – wait, did someone say dog? I never did bathe the
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