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Perhaps the most difficult subject we’re homeschooling this year

Above is the most difficult subject we’re trying to begin to learn this year. The Baxoje language, of which only a handful of speakers remain. One of my long term projects has been assisting Jimm GoodTracks with his Ioway, Otoe-Missouria Language Website, which I’ve done for a number of years. He has been compiling a…

October 1, 2008
Yes, there's bullying in the homeschooling world, too

So…the Zoo Atlanta program, part 2. It wasn’t all fun and games. The dim spot was H.o.p. said several of the boys bullied him in the bathroom over his long hair, they kept pushing him out, saying, “You’ve got long hair, you’re a girl, you can’t come in here”, and didn’t stop until an older…

September 17, 2008
Programs for homeschoolers at Zoo Atlanta

Tuesday was Homeschool day at Zoo Atlanta and they have a brand new program called Homeschool Academy. Join Zoo Atlanta for an afternoon of learning and discovery designed specifically for home school students. The HomeSchool Academy is a unique program allowing students to explore animal and science concepts in a fun, interactive environment. Programs are…

September 17, 2008
Hey, you! The ones who were properly, socially adjusted in school and think homeschoolers are "overly rugged individualists who lack the impulse or skills to mix in as collaborative members of everyday society!"

I read that kids who win spelling bees Google their names like crazy. If that’s the case, to this year’s winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Evan O’Dorney, congratulations! But I hope he never Googles this page and that his parents have some child filter on their computer because man I wouldn’t want Evan…

June 8, 2007
Blasting the old "Homeschoolers are destroying the future of science!" argument

While H.o.p. is learning about how rats at a temple in India are revered and that at the end of the day people drink from their milk bowls with the hope of acquiring luck (his interest in the creatures that populate the Redwall world has him daily eager to learn more about rats, mice, moles…

May 23, 2007
Homeschool activities we will not be doing for St. Patrick's Day

Another one of those posts where I confess my befuddlement over activities that are purported to be worthwhile enough that people actually do them, and yes I know some things are just supposed to be fun. St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t care. I know I should. Marty’s got a lot of Irish blood and I”ve…

March 17, 2006
Total homeschool post – almost – well, never mind

It’s been a while since I’ve checked out homeschool blogging circles but I was in a couple several years ago and eventually dropped out of them as most were indeed homeschooling for religious purposes, and then those that were not tended to be either suburban or nearly rural and very do it yourself kind of…

March 14, 2006
Eclectic homeschooling with blogs

Klondike Kate’s Aurora continues her watch on the sun’s antics. Her enthusiasm is catching. “Science is cool” she writes, and if H.o.p. was a little older and interested yet in the sun and sun spots then I’d be reading to him her entries. A sample: There is an intriguing picture in the film strip on…

July 30, 2005
At the Georgia Aquarium

[clear] Went to the Georgia Aquarium today, where I had a fine time (well, I wanted to have a fine time, and did in parts) up to about the point that we finished viewing the exhibits and then a kind of sensory overload hit and that was pretty much it for me. My initial plan…

November 7, 2008
Seems some people were very interested, after the debate, in whether or not one can nail jello to a wall

Seems some people were very interested, after the debate, in whether or not one can nail jello to a wall. I too was watching the debate and my ears lit up because of the Indeed, Virginia, You Can Nail Jello to a Wall (aka Jello Christ) posting I did in May 2007. By the time…

October 8, 2008
We’re Doing Our Math and Right Now H.o.p.’s liking it

Since we began our homeschooling year at the end of August/beginning of September, I’ve just not had the time for much of anything but homeschool, which means projects like the UFO interviews have gone back burner for now. We are especially deep into math right now. Gotta tell you, last year we got Timez Attack…

September 15, 2008
The child has (yes, thank god) half a brain!

The Bad Homeschooler is what we ought to call this blog except for the fact that I don’t write much about homeschooling here (relatively speaking) and it’s not like we want to draw attention to ourselves and have people gathering about going, “Look, they’re bad homeschoolers!” It’s that time of year in which books I’ve…

August 27, 2008