This is my first blog, so please bear with me for any ramblings that may not make sense.

 

This will be our 5th year of homeschooling.  I have an 11 1/2 year old son and a 10 year old daughter.  We have tried all different styles of homeschooling, from conventional "schooling" to eclectic to unschooling.  I am happy to come to the conclusion that they all work for us at different times for different subjects.    I have finally relaxed enough to let my kids tell me what works…

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I was so excited to find the rarity of a Secular Homeschool group in North AL.  I'd love to find out more about each of you and how I can help.  As a national children's literacy consultant, I've been teaching composition classes at CCA in Huntsville for the past five years but had to stop because of my time commitments through October 31.  Just the same, I'd love to learn what's important to you and the challenges you find in taking a secular approach to raising and teaching your…

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It turns out that the private school was not all that it was cracked up to be. Nathan started complaining about the teacher on the 3rd day. We've been up there several times over the last 4 weeks to address his treatment of Nathan. He says things that are WAY inappropriate, (he told Nathan to stop dancing like a slutty little girl when they went bowling and called him a sissy when he got hurt playing soccer).



So, this week, on Tuesday, he got in the car griping that Mr. Naff was… Continue

We are so close now!! Only 4 more weeks until we arrive in Alabama permanently. We have found a beautiful house in Legacy of Monrovia in Harvest and are busily packing our stuff here in Virginia. We are trying to be optimistic about the hs groups in and near Huntsville. We were involved in a co-op type group here in Virginia, but unfortunately it didn't result in any strong friendships for my daughter.





Anna has been considering trying public/private school again because of the… Continue