House Cleaning – Three Ways To Finding The Time

It’s always a challenge finding time to clean my house. Seems the hours, days and weeks just fly by, so much to do, so little time. Here are three ways to fit in your house cleaning. 1. Schedule it in. We all make appointments, whether it is for ourselves or someone else. Before we set…

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Homeschooling with Literature

Literature School Even some elite colleges employ literature-based learning. Their tools are the Great Books; their principal technique, discussion. The Literature School is not only a successful school, it is the ideal multi-grade family school. Books can be read aloud together, with each child processing the information on his own level. The youngest child can…

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Parents – Homeschooling Can Take a Lot Less Time Than You Think

The time you will need to teach your children the essentials — reading, writing, and arithmetic — is much less than you think. Let me quote author and former public-school teacher John Gatto from his wonderful book, Dumbing Us Down: “Were the colonists geniuses? [i.e., why did our colonial forefathers have literacy rates close to…

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