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Homeschool Co-Ops – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Friday, 27 July 2018 by TOSBlog

When I started homeschooling, I visited a couple of local support groups, and joined one. That served our needs for a little while, until I discovered that a local church had a homeschool co-op. That seemed like a fun idea, so we tried it for a couple of years. Since then, co-ops have become

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Finding Time for Art

Thursday, 26 July 2018 by TOSBlog

Did you ever begin your homeschool year with grandiose plans for all of the art enrichment that you were going to include, on top of your basic subjects? I have, only to become overwhelmed and then discouraged, feeling that there was no way to fit it all in. In the early elementary years, you

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The Comparison Trap

Wednesday, 25 July 2018 by TOSBlog

Flashback to the early 1990s! I was a young mom, interested in homeschooling, who noticed all of these amazing, well-behaved children who respected their parents. I wanted children like that! As time went on, our family thrived with homeschooling. However, my children squabbled with one another. They were not perfect. Sigh. Comparing Ourselves to

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Teaching The Tragedies of History Like Scripture Does – Part Two

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 by TOSBlog

Just as Genesis 3 reveals why our world is now broken, it also describes the consequences of man’s sin against God. “Unto the woman he [God] said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall