10 Things to Think About When Friends Stop Homeschooling

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Recently Lee Binz, aka The HomeScholar, posted a link to an old post of hers about When Friends Stop Homeschooling.  I’ve seen it before, but something about it hit me today.  Her post is basically a “what to do” about your own family when a friend or friends stop homeschooling.  What she doesn’t touch

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Way Back, Homeschool Blog Style

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It’s been a while since these posts have seen the light of day, and I thought this is my perfect opportunity to give you a little blast from the past on 5 Kids and a Dog. All posts were written in 2005 and 2006! :)

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Don’t ‘Redshirt’-Homeschool!

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I read an article today and I felt that I needed to respond to it with a different perspective. I know that as a parent with young children, the thought of them going to kindergarten was just a given. Most of us just don’t think about any other options, because there really AREN’T many options. Skipping kindergarten? Holding them out a year to let them mature a bit first? Both are viable options, but they aren’t the only ones.

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Why I (Don’t) Homeschool: Myth #2

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There is nothing quite like spending every day with my kids rubbing me the wrong way to reveal my inner self. My ugly self. My totally lacking in patience-for-your-goofy-noisy-messing-around-today self!

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It’s a Fair Day

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By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Gen. 2:2 Today is a day of rest and fun for us!

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