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Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Circle Time Planning When Everybody’s a Teenager

This past week, I drew up yet another new set of Circle Time plans. It never gets old, really. I can’t help but enjoy the fresh possibilities that come with a new plan. Of course, there are fewer possibilities when you only get three days a week, but beggars can’t be choosers and all that. I make do with what I have rather than planning-as-pretending (in which I overschedule). Here’s what first term of this year is going to look Continue Reading…
July 31, 2021
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
The Last Circle Time

My oldest son never expected to be on lockdown for the final third of his senior year, unable to go anywhere, do anything, or see anyone. He never expected to wonder if we’d be allowed to have a graduation celebration. He never expected to contemplate whether his college would open in the fall. He never expected to invent a Plan B, a gap year in which he worked a lot of hours (in case he isn’t allowed to do what Continue Reading…
April 10, 2020
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
Doubling Down on Simplicity (Some Thoughts on Homeschool Planning)

Complexity … needs to be countered by simplicity.– Nassim Nicholas Taleb Like many business-type books, The Black Swan can be helpful to a homeschool mom if she couples her reading with imagination and a generous dose of extrapolation. One particularly helpful concept in the book is that of a “complex domain.” Homeschooling clearly fits his definition: A complex domain is characterized by the following: there is a great degree of interdependence between its elements, both temporal (a variable depends on Continue Reading…
August 5, 2019
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
What Worked for 11th Grade: College Prep Genius (Homeschooling High School)

When a Charlotte Mason mama meets the “real world” of SATs, ACTs, and college applications, it can be a pain. Maintaining our principles means not teaching to the test, but not teaching to the test can mean lower test scores, which can have undesirable ramifications. One of my goals has been to keep as many doors open for my students as possible. Some students will naturally have more open doors than others — some will care about open doors more Continue Reading…
June 25, 2019