This Week in School, Day 1, 7/24/2016 The next series of posts shares part of our journey while studying politics. It is political, because we studied politics. We are using the eclectic methodology called Project-Based […]
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Handcrafting High School: Year 2: Month 1: On the Road: Custer State Park, SD
I think the year you study geology and environmental science, you should spend time outside looking at the subject of your studies, so we did. I did not keep a daily journal, because I had […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 2, Month 1: The Service Project
I’m going to depart a bit and tell you about what we learned. I think it is the best way for you to get a feel for the profound benefits of exposing young people to this […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 2: Month 1 (Post 1 of 3 – On the Way to the Service Project)
The first month of tenth grade might have been the best month we ever spent homeschooling. You might be thinking, “Well, Yeah! You were traveling and hanging out. How could that not be great?” 🙂 […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 9 through the Year’s End
We school year round with lots of breaks. That doesn’t matter to a planner like me though. Every year I have a start date and an end date. The year-end date for this year was […]
Last full day in Barcelona, Spain: May 30, 2015
We woke up late again. Even I didn’t get up early this morning. When I finally woke the kids up before noon they were STARVING! Even Sophia who almost never eats. Sean commented on […]
Barcelona, May 29, 2015
May 29 We woke up feeling pretty good. Sean immediately wanted to go deal with tickets to Primavera Sound. My shoes for the day. I would be back after getting the tickets to the concert. […]
The Homeschool History Project: Handcrafting High School: Year 2: American Government
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana I interpret this quote to mean that through studying history people are less likely to repeat past mistakes. I think this is an important reason […]
Handcrafting 10th grade: The Plan for 2015/2016
Eclectic? Absolutely! Academic? Of Course! Innovative? You Know It! It’s Organic, Too! (I am a chemist, after all! ;-)) History: American government & politics with writing History and the upcoming election will be the main focus […]
What’s Your Story and Handcrafting High School at the CHN Conference, June 25 – 28
What’s Your Story Have you ever read something and wondered, “How do they do it?” How did the author take an idea and create a written work that can transport you or teach you? Or […]
Leaving for Spain: 20 Days Out
I have been casually planning for our upcoming trip to Spain. There are some things that I take care of before we leave. but most of our trip we leave unplanned. When I travel I am […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 8
What a crazy month April was. We moved for the third time since the summer of 2012, and we aren’t in the military. First we moved from the mountains to San Diego where there is […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 7
Some months a handcrafted education looks like a carefully detailed pattern has been followed as if I bought something from Butterwick, cut it out carefully, pinned everything meticulously, and sewed all the pieces exactly to […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 6
Oh my goodness! What a busy month February was for both Sean and me. There were times this month when I felt like I barely had time to breathe. I actually realized TWICE! that I […]
Homeschooling High School
Once again I have the written text for my answers. I have learned that I have to write my responses down before participating in a talk. That is because I am not a linear thinker. […]
Let’s Talk about Homeschooling, School Choice Week, January 26 – 30, 2015
Are you thinking about homeschooling? Or maybe you already homeschool, but you want to talk about homeschooling with your fellow homeschoolers. The National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers, NASH, is hosting a series of talks focusing on […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Crew
P.E.: Once There Were Vikings, and that Is the Last Time Any of Sean’s Relatives Rowed! Rowing, or crew as I am just beginning to call it, has been the surprise favorite this year. My […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Language Arts
Language Arts: How We Came to Be Homeschoolers My son Sean was an early reader; I was an early reader; my father was an early reader; my paternal grandfather was an early reader. We all […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: History
History: A Repeat of a Favorite Class and Volunteering The Course: A Brief History of Humankind: This is a Coursera course, https://class.coursera.org/humankind-002, that repeats regularly. It is the best history course I have ever taken. The instructor, […]
