Latest Blog Posts for Practical Homeschooling

• A Little Homeschool Humour
  on Sep 28, 2010 in humour
  What I love about You Tube is that anyone can be a star. These two video clips are awesome (at least in my opinion), so I wanted to share them with you. If you know some other hilarious homeschool videos, please leave links to them in the comments se...
• 21 Great Homeschool Lenses
  on Sep 27, 2010 in Online Resources groups of 21
  I recently discovered the power of Squidoo and have to say that in the short time I’ve been with them, I have already become addicted. The potential for homeschoolers either wanting to find, or make and distribute valuable resources, is huge! I...
• Dawn’s First Video
  on Sep 27, 2010 in Dawn our journey
  I used some of the funding allocated to my daughter to purchase a camcorder. First of all, I wanted it to document some of her activities and secondly, she’s a little video/camera aficionado and wanted to see what happens when she has access t...
• Bring On The Learning Revolution
  on Sep 26, 2010 in homeschooling in the community
  TED Talks brings together some awesome speakers on a variety of subjects, including education reform. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Tec...
• Homeschool In A Box Update
  on Sep 24, 2010 in Online Resources free resources homeschool newbies homeschooling
  It’s a BEAUTIFUL autumn day here in Alberta, and we’re hoping to go to the Muttart Conservatory to view the lovely gardens. I’ve been promising you an update on Homeschool In A Box, and here it is! This is the final update that I wi...
• When Life Takes Off
  on Sep 22, 2010 in our journey
  It seems that when given an opportunity, life tends to take off at tremendous speeds and, before realizing it, you find yourself having to play catch-up. We’ve had a busy week. Between the library, the girls spending time with friends and their...
• Those Awful Teens!
  on Sep 17, 2010 in quotes
  ” Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.” Socrates (470-399 b.c.)...
• Meeting Our Facilitator
  on Sep 16, 2010 in Dawn our journey
  This morning’s disaster had nothing to do with the girls–for once it was my fault! We were in a bit of a rush to get breakfast out of the way because we were expecting a visitor. We decided to have Cornflakes and after we were all set up,...
• The Smurfs Are At It Again
  on Sep 14, 2010 in Dawn Emily our journey
  For those of you who have no clue what I’m talking about, read here. For some reason, every time a mass-mess approaches, it’s always something to do with the colour blue! This time, they got into the paint that we were going to use to mak...
• More Families Deciding that School’s Out Forever: Globe and Mail
  on Sep 12, 2010 in in the news unschooling
  It may sound flaky, but the ‘unschooling’ movement’s ideas are going mainstream as parents are increasingly opting to keep their kids out of class. Kate Hammer From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Sep. 10, 2010 5:00PM E...

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