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Back to School… More or Less
Ten glorious weeks of summer vacation have come to an end and today Adam and Leah are back to school. Well, kind of. Adam is off again to our neighbourhood school for grade five, surrounded by friends...
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Homeschool Life
We are just two weeks into our homeschooling adventure, and my big takeaway is this: I wish we’d done this earlier. Yeah, I know we’re still in the honeymoon period and that the novelty (at least for...
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Four Weeks In
As of yesterday, Leah and I have completed four weeks of school. That might not seem like much, but it means we are now 10 percent finished this school year, which I think sounds like quite the...
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Let’s Make a Deal: Science for Sunshine
Since the middle of November, I have struggled to get Leah outdoors. After months of enjoying the playground, waterfront, and neighbourhood walks, Leah decided she’d had enough and opted for indoor...
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A Fresh Start
I never got over the thrill experienced in elementary school of writing those first few lines in a brand new notebook. Clearly I look at blogging the same way, as I feel compelled to start over every...
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An Afternoon Adventure
Nearly every time I begin to lament the fact that our backyard is roughly the size of a postage stamp, I force myself to remember that we live just minutes away from multiple playgrounds and Lake...
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Countdown to Summer
Effective yesterday, school has been relocated to the front porch. Or the playground. Or the backyard. We’ve got just two weeks left of work to do and I’ll happily do school anywhere at this point....
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School’s Out!
We did it — Leah’s last day of school has finally arrived and I’m honestly not certain who is more proud. Ten novels, 150 math lessons, countless picture books, nearly 400 spelling words, twenty-odd...
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The First Day
So this is what school looks like this year. Rather than shopping for new lunchboxes and indoor shoes this September, the kids convinced me that what they really needed were back-to-school jammies. And...
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Life Skills 101: Applesauce and Cookies
Hands down, my absolute favourite subject in homeschooling is what I deem life skills. It’s a bit of a catch-all subject in which I (or the kids) identify skills that are currently lacking and we put a...
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The Midpoint
It’s official. As of today, we are halfway through the school year and I’m feeling a great sense of accomplishment. This is particularly important because the February doldrums are due to set in any...
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The best thing about my three-week holiday from homeschooling is that I have had time to plan out the next next several months. It’s been a great opportunity to assess where we are and where we hope to...
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Is It Friday Yet?
Two days into the post-Christmas stretch of school and I’m ready for a vacation. Or at least a long weekend. Seriously, I’m not sure how I’m going to make it to Friday — coffee can only do so much....
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Cookie Baking with Adam
Not to be outdone by Leah and her chocolate chip cookies from last week, Adam decided to up the cookie game chez Roy by baking Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies* today. And because I’m happy to let...
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Back to (Home) School
It’s official: I’m now the parent of both a fifth and an eighth grader. Wait, scratch that. I’m the homeschooling parent of both a fifth and an eighth grader. Yikes! After an extended summer vacation...
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Back to School: Post-Holiday Edition
Our first week of post-holiday homeschool is in the books, and I’m now ready to fully embrace the weekend (I’ve got knitting plans!). I was halfway dreading our return to scheduled learning, but it...
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