Homeschooling

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Stop Trying to Homeschool and Start Unschooling

Maybe it’s time to stop trying to homeschool and start unschooling. If you’re struggling to homeschool your kids or ‘quarantine-school’ your kids during the COVID-19 crisis, maybe it’s time you stop trying so hard and start unschooling. What is Unschooling? Unschooling is a form of homeschooling. It’s legal in the USA, and it’s a recognized …

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The Best, Free or Cheap COVID-19 Homeschooling Resources and Classes Online

If there’s a silver lining to the Coronavirus crisis, it’s the explosion in the number of free or cheap homeschooling resources and classes online. There are so many exciting opportunities for children (and parents!) online right now thanks to the generosity of businesses and shut-in economy innovation. Here are some of these free or cheap …

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Stay Sane While You Homeschool, Don’t Re-Create School at Home

Whatever you do, during a pandemic or not, don’t re-create school at home. Let me say this another way: Don’t. Re-create. School. At. Home. When I started homeschooling my children 10+ years ago, after my oldest child left a public Spanish immersion elementary school program, I had a lot of anxiety about how to homeschool. …

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The New Shut-In Economy: Where Side-by-Side Homeschooling and Work are the New Norm

Hello, Welcome to Life 2.0. The New Shut-in Economy, Where Side-by-Side Homeschooling and Work at Home co-exist and are the new norm. Like most, I never imagined that it would take a crisis for homeschooling to become the in thing. I certainly never imagined that there would be a day when it would be the …

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