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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Money Matters
Pamper Yourself
Kitchen Helpers
Family Times
The Teen Years
Crafty Children
Parenting [...]
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Zowie will be away for educational purposes this year, so she will not be doing a project until next year. My original plan had been to have her to one over the summer, but she will not have time because she joined the Upward Bound Program at the university.
However, I still wanted to share this [...]
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It is going to be different, planning a homeschool year for only one child. It won’t take as long, either.
At any rate, Zowie finished the school year up on Friday. She has already chosen a project for next year, and a lot of the books she wants. I have been busily trying to locate them [...]
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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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She is so excited! And I am excited for her. This will be a wonderful opportunity for her.
The Upward Bound Program is a college preparation program for high school students. They have summer classes, tutoring services, and provide help with financial aid forms, college entrance exams and applications. They also provide fee waivers for these things.
The [...]
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First, let me apologize for not updating the blog in a while. My daughter and I have both been dealing with medical issues, and I have had to put things on the back burner.
We only have a couple of weeks left for school here, then we will put together portfolios, which will not be able [...]
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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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