Category Archives: Homeschooling for Dummies

Flora and Fauna

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

The girls and I have been reading Great Lakes Nature: An Outdoor Year as part of our environmental studies. It’s one of those Plant or Animal of The Day diaries of a naturalist. We’re especially enjoying it since it focuses … Continue reading →

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Bright future for small farmers

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

You know you’re doing something right when your eight-year-old daughter presents you with wild-gathered rabbit poop as a gift. She brought it to me yesterday while I was cleaning out our hoophouse (which is a kind of primitive greenhouse) in … Continue reading →

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Everything you *thought* you knew about homeschoolers is true.

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

First off, we wake up at a shockingly early hour. Sometimes it’s 6:30. Which we don’t have to do. Frankly, I’d prefer not to get up when it’s still dark outside. But Some People around here have to go out … Continue reading →

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