We start our homeschool year on the second of September. My 16 year old will be mostly homeschooled. Because I am not strong in math and science, and because she wishes to go to college, we have decided to send her to a local high school for those two classes only. The one closest to [...]
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This is a shameless plug for my new blogging job. This is a wonderful blog with many links of concern to the single mother. I have already created quite a few categories, and I will add more over time. The categories that I have created so far are:
Money Matters
Pamper Yourself
Kitchen Helpers
Family Times
The Teen Years
Crafty Children
Parenting [...]
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The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) offer a list of 80 ways to celebrate World Environment Day. It is a great list, and a great thing to do.
There are things that my family does to help our environment. We have changed out all of our light bulbs, and are getting into the habit of using [...]
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I cannot believe that a person who has been entrusted with other people’s children could even think that something like this is okay. How dare she foster such as this with her students.
http://aspergersquare8.blogspot.com/2008/05/not-special-support-alex-barton.html
I have written to the Principal.
Shannon
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Homeschooling: Life Skills
Do You Have A Business That Your Child Can Help With?
By Shannon Buck
Copyright: June 2007
If you run a business from your home, there are many ways in which your children can help you. Allowing them to help out will provide them with work experience, and teach them responsibility. It is good for them [...]
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Here are a couple of places that have covered this issue:
Raising Maine: http://raisingmaine.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=2595
Home Education Magazine: http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm/?p=1493
Here is my (as a homeschool parent) take on the subject:
I have found people’s reaction to this interesting. This is how I
look at it: I love Subway, I do not want the $5,000 for anything, we
can raise any money that [...]
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There are many things that children and young teens can do to earn a little money. Here are a few ideas:
* Cat-sitting
This is relatively easy. It only requires them to feed the animals on time, let them in and out of their homes, cleaning their litter boxes and loving on them.
* Dog Walking
* Baby-sitting
* Mother’s [...]
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There are some simple things that you can do with your children:
* Read to them…read to them…read to them. When they are ready, they will read to you.
* Watch nature. Take walks or sit in your back yard. Notice the trees, and the other plants. The grass, and the insects. Notice all of the animals, [...]
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