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Winging It Has a New Name!

March 14, 2018March 14, 2018Uncategorized

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

July 24, 2013July 11, 2017socialization, success stories, unschoolingcan i homeschool, why homeschool

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

July 20, 2013March 14, 2018reading, unschooling

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

July 11, 2013March 15, 2018reading, 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

June 17, 2013March 14, 2018reviews, unschooling

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

June 7, 2013March 15, 2018reading, 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?

June 4, 2013March 15, 2018liberty, stupid school tricks

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

May 1, 2013March 14, 2018gentle parenting

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

January 26, 2013March 14, 2018reviews

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

January 13, 2013March 15, 2018arts, crafts, & costumery, noa

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

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