Winging It Has a New Name!
Thank you to any of my blog readers who are still with me after my little hiatus. Same blog, same topics, same weirdo writing it – but a new look and a new name! I’m Carma with a C!
7 Reasons I Homeschool My Teen
CafeMom recently posted “7 Reasons I’d Never Homeschool My Teen” by Ericka Sóuter. It’s not mean-spirited or anything, but it is ignorant … almost willfully so, since the points made are so well-refuted in so many places it seems like Read More
Teaching Themselves to Read
Reading is a deep and abiding passion in my life. “Read early and read often” is pretty much my life’s motto. So teaching my children to love reading has always been very high on my list of homeschooling priorities. Thankfully Read More
What We’re Reading
I just love when my kids get absorbed in books I love, and right now it’s happening all over the place! Riddle-master: The Complete Trilogy is a simply brilliant fantasy series by Patricia McKillip. I read the first few chapters aloud Read More
How Shamus Learned
Shamus Young, author of How I Learned, was labeled “learning disabled” back before that was a trendy thing. He was sent to special ed classes and heavily medicated for much of his childhood. On his own time, he discovered an Read More
What We’re Reading
As in any homeschooling home, many things are being read most of the time. Here’s a recent run-down: Reading for a 9-year-old girl Mica (who is 9 and 3/4, which seems oddly appropriate to note in a post about books ) Read More
Don’t Be a Hero?
Yesterday I read about a Canadian youngster who was reprimanded and sent home from school for stopping a bully who was threatening another child with a knife. “We don’t condone heroics in this school,” said the principal. Now today I Read More
Forcing Independence
This image appeared on the Facebook page Homeschool Quotes a couple of months ago: One of the commentors responded (this is her post as is, with no corrections): That’s some silly stuff !!! Don’t make them do what they need to do Read More
2012 Top Ten … or Thereabouts
I keep meaning to do a 2012 wrap-up … I guess I really ought to get to it before January runs out, eh? Here are my top posts from 2012. It may be ten … or it may not! We’ll Read More
As the Wood Turns
So I was bopping around on my computer yesterday and happened upon a the notice for a demonstration of wood turning by a local artisan. The demo started at 2:00. It was already 1:55 and we were 20 minutes away Read More