Sunday night we met up with a local homeschooling group, Homeschool Connections of Central Maryland. There was a program with different getting-to-know-you bingo games, but it was also set up so that new families could meet informally with experienced members to find out more about homeschooling and about the group.
This is an inclusive (homeschooling code [...]
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When you are raising a four-year-old girl in American society, it takes heroic effort to withstand the massive marketing juggernaut of the Disney Princess empire. We have mostly given up. Alex got these Disney Princess playing cards as a birthday party favor. It’s not a very useful deck for most purposes – there are no [...]
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Dad, I want to play ‘maps’ with the dry-erase markers!”
“OK, hon. We can do that. Let me get the maps out, and you get the markers.” Alex has two laminated maps that we bought at the Homeschoolers’ Rummage Sale, one of the United States, and one of Europe (circa 2003), and she [...]
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