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The musings (and ravings) of a homeschooling mom who also works from home. My focus will be on educational products, curriculum reviews and tips I'm learning as I return to traditional homeschooling

Let's Pass on the Blue Ribbon to Others

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By Cheryl Henderson - April 19, 2008

A beautiful reminder of the importance of acknowledging those important people in our lives.

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Planning for Your Homeschooling Year Couldn’t Be Easier

By Cheryl Henderson - June 17, 2009

As some of you know, I am returning to my traditional homeschooling roots this year. I did my experimentation into cyberschooling and found it lacking. But I also live in PA, one of the high documentation homeschooling states (also known as "Big PA in in the neck states") so I've been wondering how I was going to pull a curriculum together to present to the Lords of Education so they'll go away. So, once we made our decision to get away from cyberschools I began looking at different curriculum. I have been looking at complete year curriculum as well as a more eclectic collection of resources. But now I don't have to look any further because I just discovered The Old Schoolhouse 2009-2010 Planner ! First off, let me confess that I have not been the most organized homeschooler. I've purchased programs to keep records on the girls work, I've set up schedules (that I then proceeded to ignore after about a week), and changed my mind a couple of times during the...

What I learned in school today

By Cheryl Henderson - December 17, 2007

Well, besides learning that a 7 year old can cry for 45 minutes because her brain won't let her think (??) I learned a few things in history today. We are doing Roman history, starting with the Pax Romana era. It's such a shame that the Caesars after Octavian were crazier than bedbugs. If you ever get a chance, you really should read (or listen to) "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius. It's quite entertaining (if you can forget the people who lost their lives due to the insanity, greed and viciousness of the Caesars.) Anyway, I learned that the manger is actually a feeding trough. Now, I know that seems silly, but I never really gave much thought as to what kind of "crib" Jesus was put into . I guess I thought that "manger" was another word for barn or something. Well, anyway we learned about the birth of Christianity in terms of the Roman Empire. I also discovered that the word "pig" can drive a 4-year old to tears when she...

Creating an empowering environment for achieving your goals

By Cheryl Henderson - March 31, 2009

Many articles about Goal setting and Visualization stress the importance of keeping your thoughts as positive as possible and to balance up your negative thoughts with positive ones. You know, in today's society a lot of people tend to choose a negative view on things and look for reasons why something wouldn't work. However, keeping your own thoughts and feelings positive amongst this negativity is crucial when you are on a journey to achieve your big goals and dreams. It is these positive feelings of gratitude and anticipating of your dream life that assist you in attracting this dream life to your reality. As you will always have negative/disempowering thoughts now and then, it is important to consciously work on creating positive thoughts as well by using positive visualization, creating a gratitude journal, creating a solid plan of action, etc. A similar principle could be applied to the people around you. Some people can be real "dream stealers" (I am sure you h...