by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 18, 2017 | Homeschooling, Literature
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. McGuffeys Eclectic Readers (Seven Volume Boxed Set, paperback) In 1978 we bought a set of McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers. I think it was my very first homeschool curriculum...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 13, 2017 | Garden, Ovarian Cancer
There would have been no garden without Harv. He did it all. Every morning I take his arm and we hobble out to check the tomatoes and see what flowers we should pick. Fragrant peonies — the queen of flowers Which color of zinnia do you like best? My fuzzy wuzzy...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 12, 2017 | Language Arts
• jettison = to throw something from a ship, aircraft, or vehicle in distress in order to lighten the load; to discard or abandon something such as an idea or project • kakistocracy = a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 11, 2017 | Music
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Norton Programmed (self-teaching) Texts in Music Theory Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter by Claire Boge, John Clough and Joyce Conley This programmed...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 2, 2017 | Classical Education, Homeschooling
If you try to follow a classroom model in your homeschool – dragging in the desks and chalkboard, conforming to a one-size-fits-all scope-and-sequence method, following a rigid bell-ringer schedule, and the like – you will probably buckle under the burden. That kind...
