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Other Thoughts
Thoughtworthy (More School Planning, Governor Recall & More!)

:: 1 :: How’s your school planning coming along? I’m halfway done. I finished 8th grade and 5th grade; I still have 10th grade and Circle Time. Plus printing All The Things. That is the secret third half of school planning, amiright? If you’re not familiar with my planning posts, here are a few that might be helpful: Preliminary Groundwork Creating Simple Matrices and Blank Templates Creating Weekly Schedules for the Entire Year Notes on Planning Ninth Grade Handing Over Continue Reading…
July 24, 2020
Other Thoughts
Thoughtworthy (History Primary Sources, New Episodes & More!)

This post contains affiliate links. :: 1 :: This new Thoughtworthy graphic made me laugh. You may be wondering if there will be unexpectedly deep thoughts this week, but I think it will just be like usual. (Sorry to disappoint.) I was on Homeschool Conversations over at Humility and Doxology and and that felt deep, so that’s something. Click here to go listen! :: 2 :: I ordered a copy of The Patriot’s History Reader this week. I have a Continue Reading…
July 10, 2020
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Thoughtworthy (Theology Book, School Planning, Big Kids & More!)

This post contains affiliate links. :: 1 :: While I had heard good things about it, I put off ordering The Wonderful Works of God because it’s over $40. However, in my end of the year interviews with my children, they let me know what they wanted to read and think about more and it became very obvious that something like this book would fit the bill — and if something like it, why not the actual book itself? So Continue Reading…
July 3, 2020
Mother's Education, Other Thoughts
Thinking Through my Oxygen Experiment

As most of you know, I invited all of you to participate in a little homeschool science experiment concerning masks. There are a few negative things said about the health consequences of mask wearing, most of which we could never test out at home. But pulse oximeters make it possible to test one thing easily: whether or not mask wearing negatively affects a person’s oxygenation. My hypothesis, which I stated at the outset, was that it would negatively affect oxygenation. Continue Reading…
July 1, 2020