Homeschooling Archive

Ask The Educator – February Edition

Posted on February 23, 2012 | No Comments
Our contributing educator this month is Amanda Lehrman, from The Momma Files. If you have a burning question for her we’d love to hear it, just complete the form below. Now on to this month’s questions: Lauren Gordon from MommyBreakdown.com asks: Two of my three kids are summer babies....
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Parents Can Use Reflection to Gauge Unschooling Progress

Posted on January 24, 2012 | 4 Comments
It’s a common theme among homeschooling and unschooling parents to have this constant nagging feeling that we are somehow not doing for our children what we need to be doing. That we’re somehow experimenting on them with unschooling and the educational choices we have helped them make. I...
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A place of their own, the reading nook.

Posted on January 16, 2012 | 2 Comments
Yesterday we put together a little reading nook in the unused space at the end of our daughter’s bed. This space often collected stuff and was never a very usable space but with the addition of a small chair and two book ledges made long...
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I Need Your Questions. New “Ask the Educator” Feature on Harmonic Mama

Posted on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments
I am starting up a new monthly feature here on Harmonic Mama in conjunction with Amanda from The Momma Files. She’s a former teacher and is here to answer your questions about education from the other side. So in preparation for getting this feature off...
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Learning Through the National Park Service Junior Ranger Program

Posted on December 5, 2011 | 9 Comments
Recently while on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains we discovered the Junior Ranger Program offered by the National Park service for kids ages 5 to 12. The way the Junior Ranger Program works is that you purchase (or download) a booklet that is age...
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Unschooling / Homeschooling – Where to Start

Posted on November 15, 2011 | 4 Comments
Way back before we started homeschooling our kids my husband and I had many discussions about educational options. I was a more traditional let’s send them to school and do what “normal” people do kind of person and he was all about allowing our kids...
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Kids Craft – Egg Carton Caterpillars

Posted on November 8, 2011 | No Comments
My daughter collects egg cartons. She has a huge collection stuffed away in a cabinet waiting to turn them into something. We have used them to make fire starters in the past but the other day she decided she wanted to make some caterpillars. She got...
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Self Directed Math Learning with Base Ten Blocks

Posted on October 31, 2011 | 5 Comments
Can you unschool math? Sure you can, especially with base ten blocks and other manipulatives! My kids love math and love working with numbers, splitting up sets, multiplying (although I’m not sure if they understand what that word is), etc… A great deal of this enjoyment comes from...
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3 Homeschooling Myths, Busted via Technorati

Posted on October 25, 2011 | No Comments
With home education doubling in the US from 850,000 in 1999 to 1.5 million in 2007, and homeschoolers making up 2.7% of the school age population it’s time to debunk some common myths and misconceptions about homeschooling and homeschoolers. Read my entire article 3 Homeschooling Myths, Busted on...
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Camping for Take a Child Outside Week.

Posted on October 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
Last week was Take a Child Outside Week! Did you participate? We went camping! We already had a camping trip planned for our family and some others but as the day of the trip approached the weather looked grim and most of our group bailed....
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