October 25th, 2008 at 6:21pm |
Yes. I made that last word up. Do you like it? Here. I’ll even provide a definition for my newly created lexiconic invention. Biophyschemophobia: A pervasive fear of teaching, studying, reading about or exploring in any manner any material remotely related to the complex fields of biology, chemistry and physics or any combination thereof. A condition occasionally affecting homeschool parents and […]
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September 4th, 2008 at 10:45pm |
You’re a regular guy, driving home for lunch to your regular house in the ‘burbs in your regular company car. You turn down your cul-de-sac in your regular new construction neighborhood and suddenly something looks decidedly irregular. A large gaggle of school aged kids and a handful of mothers (one of which you think is […]
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May 21st, 2008 at 5:55am |
One of the most fiery debates in the homeschool world, and perhaps the country at large, these days is the culture war of words being waged by the seemingly irreconcilably opposed camps of Creationism and Evolution. After reading about as much as I could get my hands on at the library on this topic, […]
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:10pm |
As I type, our brand spankin’ new microscope is making its way to our happy home. It took quite a while to decide on one. Every step down this homeschooling path is a gigantic leap of learning for yours truly. I now know much more about microscopes and how they are manufactured and marketed and […]
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April 22nd, 2008 at 11:07pm |
The is the motto of The Diosa Dotada Endeavor. This month, anyway. Every event that takes place these days must follow a strict, analytical procedure as dictated by Kindy Girl. Identify the issue. Observe the current state of affairs. Formulate a hypothesis. Test the hypothesis. Observe the effects of the test. If necessary, adjust the […]
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April 20th, 2008 at 3:33pm |
For all my rhetoric, there is one reason I have such a fiery passion for homeschooling that I rarely mention in most conversations on the topic. I usually only share it with other homeschooling parents who express that they too harbor the same sweet secret. As I continue to construct our 2008-09 biology curriculum from […]
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April 12th, 2008 at 10:32am |
Hello, my name is Obsessive Homeschooling Mom. And I am a Curriculum Junkie. As we work through the material on hand, I am always on the look out for the next step. For months I have been reviewing sources for our next steps in science and history. As we are planning to follow the general scope and sequence […]
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November 8th, 2007 at 2:25pm |
We took the Triad out to the woods this past weekend and they really had a fabulous time. Kindy Girl was nearly jumping out of her skin Saturday afternoon, waiting for Big Daddy to get off work so we could set out for Martin Dies, Jr. State Park and our weekend of outdoor fun. She […]
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October 18th, 2007 at 7:41am |
Over breakfast this morning Master F has made an important scientific discovery. Whereas he has been confident for some time about the abilities of his toys to fly through the air when launched by his very own arm, he had not made the connection that other categories of object might also make suitable projectiles for […]
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October 17th, 2007 at 5:41pm |
Today we went with our co-op to Brazos Bend State Park for a study of three Texas ecosystems; the prairie, the woods and the wetlands. This was a much more satisfying animal adventure than the zoo for all of us because we had the privilage of observing animals spontaneously and in their natural habitats. Kindy […]
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